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The History of The European Automobile

The History of The European Automobile . Called the Benz. European Automobile. The man who made the first E uropean Automobile was Karl Benz in 1885 It was built in Mannheim, Germany He started selling the European Automobile in 1888.

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The History of The European Automobile

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  1. The History of The European Automobile Called the Benz

  2. European Automobile • The man who made the first European Automobile was Karl Benz in 1885 • It was built in Mannheim, Germany • He started selling the European Automobile in 1888. • In 5 years Karl Benz sold 25 European Automobiles between 1888-1893, that is an average of 5 per year. • In August 1888, Karl Benz wife Bertha Benz test drive his invention to show it worked on the road. • By 1899 Karl Benz was making 572 European Automobiles per year. Founder Karl Friedrich Benz 1844-1929

  3. History of the Benz First Road Trip • Bertha, Benz Karl Benz’s wife, took the first road trip in her husbands automobile on August the 5th 1888. • Bertha travelled kilometres from Mannheim Germany to Pforzheim Germany to visit her mother and Bertha’s children went with her. • Along the way Bertha had to do a lot of different repairs both technical and mechanical changes, plus Bertha had to fill up with petrol heaps of times as the petrol tank was smaller than today’s tanks. • Bertha invented the brake liner, after going down some steep hills she had a shoemaker nail leather onto the brake blocks. • Today they still celebrate this road trip by having an old car rally every two years.

  4. The 1885 Benz Patent Automobile Gas/Petrol engine Tubular Steel Frame Three Wheels Electric Ignition Water cooler combustion engine Top Speed was 13 km/h

  5. Benz to Benz 1885 Benz Patent Motorwagon 2011 E Class Saloon Top Speed 240 km/h 4 Wheels 4 cylinder engine 2143cc engine Sheet Steel Front airbags, curtain airbags Closed in car Maximum 5 people • Top speed 13 km/h • 3 wheels • Single cylinder engine • 1600 cc engine • Steel tube frame • No airbags • Open car • Maximum 2 people

  6. 2011 E Class Saloon Petrol Engine Windows 4 Wheels Top Speed 240 km/h

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