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 engineers, took over in 1886 r. …

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, …

Tatra

Tatra

W 1897 r. car production began in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. W 1896 r. through the textile manufacturer Theodor von Liebieg from Reichenberg (today's Liberec) Wagons factory in Koprzywnica - Nesselsdorfer Wagenbaufabrik - bought a one-cylinder Benz vehicle and a 2-cylinder engine, on …