Used cars
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, …
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 worked to solve the problem of driving two …
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. …
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 – 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 …
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, …
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 …
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.
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 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 …