Excursion from Mannheim via Schriesheim to Grossachsen along a scenic road in the Palatinate in 1895. The daughters of Carl Benz, Klara and Thilde, are seated in the first car, a Benz Velo. His son Richard, who was doing military service at the time, can be made out in the second car, a Benz Phaeton. The other passengers are relatives of the Benz family.
Karl Benz played a prominent role in promoting the development of the automobile. Some 25 units of the Benz Patent Motor Car of 1886 – the world's first automobile – were built. It goes without saying that Benz knew that a four-wheeled car would have greater cornering stability, however, he found the steering systems used for carriages at the time to be unsuitable for his purposes. He solved the problem – and filed a patent for his double-pivot steering (DRP 73515) in 1893. He installed it in the same year in his four-wheeled Victoria model. However, he had a lighter car in mind. At the World Exposition in Chicago (May 1 – October 31, 1893), Benz finally presented his Velocipede to the public. It was to become the world's first car from large-scale production and at the same time the first small car. Benz produced more than 1,200 units of this car between 1894 and 1902.
The Benz Velo of 1894 was the world's first large-scale production car.
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