Benz

Benz was a German car brand that, between 1885 and 1926 produced cars. ==History [edit]== Benz was the brand, including Carl Benz built cars. Benz was the first car manufacturer in the world and built its first vehicle already in 1885. He patented hismotor car in 1886 and made ​​his first official test drive by Mannheim in July of that year.

Benz's wife Bertha was perhaps the first person in the world who made ​​a real car ride, when she from Mannheim to Pforzheim (a distance of 80 km) raced in1888. There are those who claim that this ride caused the car is proved. Wife Bertha was a resourceful woman, and that was necessary because the first car was not to drive without problems. She was in the middle of the night looking for gasoline and found a pharmacy. The first "petrol station" in the world.

After this initialSUCCESS Benz became the first automobile manufacturer in the world, when he was the more-or-less standardized Benz Victoria brought toMARKET. This car was produced by various other car manufacturers under license. A year later came the Benz Velo off. Benz continued to live on his long andSUCCESSFUL invention and by 1900 the brand was in trouble. Including the development of the Blitzen-Benz, a race car, you knew what to polish up its image. Nevertheless, it was difficult in Germany to keep their heads above water. ==Fusion [edit]== The brand Benz merged with Mercedes at Mercedes-Benz in 1929 (Mercedes was the brand of Daimler automobiles, the company merged into Daimler-Benz and sold its products under the name Mercedes-Benz).