The FIRST IN 1886 | BEFORE MERCEDES, THERE WAS BENZ

Karl Benz’s Patent Motorwagen is regarded as the first practical self-propelled vehicle. It was powered by a petroleum-fueled four-stroke internal combustion engine and had three steel-spoke wheels with solid rubber tires. Though primitive by today’s standards, the two-passenger Motorwagen contained features still widely used such as rack-and-pinion steering and a water-cooled engine with electric ignition.
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[@QueerOkie]

Not behind, but beside, a great man is a great woman. Bertha Benz was such a woman! God bless her!

[@canucck]

Any video by Leslie is always informative and interesting. This is a great video for anyone planning to go to the Petersen, as this is the second vehicle that you will see as you tour the museum, from the 3rd floor, down to ground.

[@NatanNexus]

Bertha Benz was an ingineer. She is the first person in the world to have a driver licens (just a kind of paper/autorization for go there with... "this" a "motorwagen"..hh) and.. she did a lot of improvments to the car: She has the patent for the first brakes like we know it today. They work a lot together and... she put the money! Thank U very much for your videos! Natan

[@iamanempoweredone6064]

It was Benz wife that enabled his success

[@williamlabrie6562]

Love the hard work,keep it up!!

[@KenanTurkiye]

These demonstrations by Mr. Kendall are high level infotaintment, loving them. And 1886 is a stones throw away from today when you think of it, the advancement in automotive technology is really mind boggling, who knows another 100+ years what we'll be driving or rocketing in. 🙃

[@crazytrain7114]

My 15 year old is building the ICM model of this. Will look amazing next to my Rothmanns 962C

[@missingremote4388]

In old italy the word for unleaded gas is : benzina (Ben ZEE nah) still.

[@richardstonyisland9719]

Look like we're getting into some real knowledge now I like this video

[@ronschwolsky1626]

Thanks for the deep dive. That was a complete education of this historic vehicle, and then some. I bet that Berth Benz was a wild one!

[@evalonious]

Great video! Love the Sike. I've haven't seen car videos utilizing this. It really looks great! I grew up in a photography studio. I saw this vehicle in the "Full Museum Tour" video, but I had no idea how incredibly engineered this was.

[@kslovak2000]

With todays insane traffic Id be thrilled to drive this around. In large cities your lucky to see 25 mph anyway lol

[@sutherlandgalleries3717]

Is the original car still around? Maybe in the Mercedes museum?

[@-joo3033]

Yes, wich you would know if you watched this video...

[@greentree180]

51 exist. There was one handmade from original drawings by a craftsman in Australia early this century. I have seen it run and drive.

[@kernbern240]

bertha benz .. i have a name for my benz now this was a nice video thank you

[@dalemettee1147]

I watched an earlier video about Karl's wife, Bertha taking the kids on a trip to see her relatives. The fuel that she could only get was naphtha ( a cleaning agent at the time) from a pharmacy. She bought out the guy's entire stock of it.

[@scubatrucker6806]

I wonder is Jay Leno has one of these in his garage?

[@pascalbarry5147]

Mercedes or benz is not the name of genius who creat these amazing machine

[@steves.922]

Pantyhose? Pantyhose were not produced until 1959.

[@PetersenMuseum]

You are correct, the term would be hosiery for that time period. But she used her Garter.

[@thereisnospoon52]

Waiting for someone to put a supercharged LS on one of these!

[@scubatrucker6806]

Cool💪💪

[@mikedrown2721]

👍👌😊❤️

[@eu4juke785]

is this cosidered car

[@Bigmac17438]

McLaren f1 Or Patent motorwagen