1894 Benz Victoria: Oldest Car On German Roads!

[@ellebelle8515]

"Embracing slowness and enjoying the ride." I love it.

[@_wraith2962]

Me: Hey I own a 94 Benz Mercedes dealer: 1994? Me: No , 1894….

[@DWREV]

Smile

[@matteomarmiroli1713]

Finally the sequel 😁 Glad that the old Viktoria passed again the inspection

[@jec_ecart]

The gentleman reminds me of uncle scrooge from duck tales.

[@MXB2001]

In many parts of the world they'd just wink and say, sure sure, it passes my friend. In Germany it actually needs to pass. Although I'm guessing some leeway was given since many of the tests simply would not apply. So the TÜV might have "leaned" a little. But only a few degrees!

[@aleksandersuur9475]

It probably doesn't classify as a B category car. It's a moped most likely.

[@jamesthompson7282]

No lights? Of course it has lights. They're made of brass & sit on either side of the cab. They look like kerosene or oil lamps. Calcium carbide lamps were patented in the US in 1900 but I think they existed before that in the UK, but either way they came some time after this car was built. I understand not running the lamps now as they'd be a safety hazard, not a safety feature. But it certainly did have working lamps originally.

[@brand-konto6733]

These are carriage lamps, used with candles > 6:13

[@dipanjanmondal7765]

Candles

[@HrLBolle]

ich vermute mal ganz stark, das nicht jeder Prüfingenieur der Organisation TÜV qualifiziert ist an einem solch alten Fahrzeug zu arbeiten

[@soulmercer]

I love this car, and agree with the owner completely. it is a matter of history, which motivates me with all my collecting. Oh to be able to own and drive a car like this! But it DOES have lights, carriage lights. Are they oil or candles?

[@JeffGuillenoYoutubeChannel]

The greatest cars never die always caring your cars, motorcycles, truck, and busses

[@Doctor_Robert]

10:22 Forgive me, I don't speak German, but that doesn't sound like he said "perfect." XD

[@ernabeier8325]

Actually he said: That's absolutly sufficient. When Germans say "Not bad" it's a praise.🙂

[@Enimillion]

he said "hervorragend" right after which means outstanding/excellent, they just didn't translate everything

[@TrenchCoater]

I like how they have a translator in the video so we can listen to the language we understand.

[@glenrichards7175]

Amazing history there,I would be too scared to take it on the public road

[@jacobsockness571]

With all our technology, why can't we build cars that'll be here in 120 years they barely last 5 now.

[@mekhane.broken9678]

Money

[@SoupyMittens]

overcomplication

[@aleksandersuur9475]

Of course we can, we do all the time. Use a modern car as lightly as this has been used, keep it indoors in perfect conditions as this one has been kept and keep up servicing it as carefully as has been done with this one and a modern car will last forever all the same. What do you think the mileage on this thing is after it's 130 years of life? Less than 1000km total seems likely. The car might have been built in 19th century, but it's brand new, it hasn't been used.

[@Bruuman]

Where is the suspension testing and brake testing? 😅

[@chrisfrochaux4495]

I have one, but I need to take it Daimler Benz in Germany for the engine tune up.

[@diesunddas1592]

I'd like to see an AMG variant of this Car. ;-)

[@scottl.1568]

Sweet...!

[@M-I-K-E]

Wie kann es ohne Rücklichter Tüv haben ?

[@plesserider1693]

Gibt es das Video auch irgendwo mit dem Originalton? Also ohne englische Übersetzung?

[@Leonberlin_2005]

Schreib das in englisch 😂

[@fidelcatsro6948]

wow back then you needed a 3 liter single cylinder engine to get 6hp...today you can get 6hp from a 200cc single cylinder lawn mower engine!🐱👍🏿

[@ezragonzalez8936]

difference is torque it had 30 fp of torque

[@michaelkevinmirasol8256]

6hp? It can even be achieved on just 125cc ones!

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@michaelkevinmirasol8256 yeah...we can get 15hp from a highly tuned 125cc...some racing high revving 2strokes could achieve as much as 39hp!!

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@ezragonzalez8936 yeah youre right also..by having a large primary to secondary ratio we can increase torque at the expense of lowering hp 🐱👍🏿

[@albertpahati5888]

Some so called .modern cars of today hardly lasts for 20 years .. some o ly 15 at most. ..

[@diesunddas1592]

I'd not subscribe to that. My car is a fairly modern BMW E65 that is also already 20 years old and 'til now it has absolutely no serious issues. Especially the electronics (and it has a whole lot of that!) still works absolutely flawless! All that CAN-Bus stuff still works perfect!

[@aleksandersuur9475]

Uhuh, and how much mileage does a modern car do before it's done vs what this has done? A mechanism that isn't used doesn't wear, obviously.