DAIMLER VIS-A-VIS – year 1894

DAIMLER VIS-A-VIS – year 1894

Manufacturer: Daimler Motor Company, Canstatt, Germany.

After the success of the Stahlradwagen car, by Daimler and Maybach, at the world exhibition in Paris in 1899. Daimler system vehicles wanted to be produced by another amateur - Monsieur Armand Peugeot, …

BENZ VICTORIA

BENZ VICTORIA – year 1893

Manufacturer: Benz & Co., Rhenish gas engine factory, Mannheim, Germany.

One of the reasons for the poor commercial success of Benz's first car was fact, that it was a three-wheeler. Therefore, from 1891 r. Benz pracował …

PANHARD LEVASSOR

PANHARD LEVASSOR – year 1891

Manufacturer: Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Panhard & Levassor, Paris, France

It is difficult to imagine the development of the automotive industry in France without its pioneers - Panhard and Levassor. Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor, both …

BENZ PATENT MOTOR CAR

BENZ PATENT MOTOR CAR – year 1885/86

Manufacturer: Benz & Co., Rhenish gas engine factory, Mannheim, Germany

It appeared in the commercial register of the city of Mannheim in 1885 r. the name of the new company - Benz & Co., Rhenish gas engine factory. Company partner Carl Benz began building a travel vehicle, …

Marcus

MARCUS – 1875 year

Manufacturer: Liechtenstein's Machine Works, Adamów, Austria-Hungary

Siegfried Marcus was born in 1831 r. in Malchin, Mecklenburg. He was employed as a mechanic at Siemens Halske in Berlin. W 1852 r. he moved to Vienna, where he worked …

Cugno

COOKING – 1770 year

Manufacturer: N. J. Cugno, Paris, France

In Lorraine, St. 1725 r. Nicolas Joseph Cugnot was born, who from an early age promised to be a promising inventor and rationalizer. Not having adequate financial resources for his experiments, …

Steering wheels on old cars

Steering wheels on old cars.

The first horseless vehicles differed from their predecessors only by the crank used to steer the front axle. Vehicles with a steering column, placed in the center, they made an unusual impression and were called a coffee grinder - because the steering was done …

Radiators in old cars

Radiators in old cars.

Gottlieb Daimler's first high-speed car engine was air-cooled, at the same time, however, water cooling was tried. One of the first water cooling systems, with which the designers tried to dissipate the heat obtained as a result of fuel combustion from the engine, used the principle …

Wheels on old cars

Wheels on old cars.

The rattling steel wheels of the first motor vehicles were so hard and inelastic, that even the best suspension did not dampen the shocks. In this situation, the use of a solid rubber wheel was already a great advance. It cushioned small bumps …

The shapes of the bodies of the first cars

The shapes of the bodies of the first cars.

The first cars are actually carriages, the drawbar is removed, and an engine is built under the seat. Before they finally turned into cars as we understand these vehicles today, there were many factors, like for example. the need to protect passengers from bad weather, different …