Mercedes-Benz Victoria from 1893

Description

The (re) invented one by Benz can be seen on the front axle.
Axle steering, which has been part of every automobile ever since. Also has Victoria already has a handlebar and not just a tiller handle. Above in the picture: the trunk”.

The engine is a horizontal four-stroke engine with vacuum-controlled.
Inlet and mechanically controlled outlet valve. For the A surface carburetor is already responsible for mixture preparation from 1894.
The water cooling works with evaporation. That explains the in comparison to the fuel consumption up to ten times higher water consumption of the Victoria Motors.

The breaker-controlled ignition is powered by a direct current battery provided.

Technical data:
Single-cylinder four-stroke engine, horizontal, displacement: 2,915 cubic centimeters, 6 hp at 700 rpm, evaporative cooling, top speed max. 29 km / h, 2-speed belt change gearbox…

…power transmission to the rear wheels by means of roller chains, empty weight about 880 kilograms, fuel consumption 15 to 20 liters / ligroin (Light petrol) per 100 km, construction period 1893 to 1900.

The technical quality of the Victoria is provided by the Bohemian Baron Theodor von Liebieg in the summer of 1894 with a sensational long-distance journey from Reichenberg (now Liberec / CS) as far as Reims. Von Liebieg and his companion Stransky can manage daily stages of up to 200 kilometers. Of the commercial success is inevitable. Thanks to the Victoria, Benz climbs up to the Turn of the century to the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, to then from De Dion Bouton to be replaced.

Apparently the first owner of the Benz Victoria, the industrialist, played Alexander Gütermann, too much on the gas tap. He was driving too fast in town, what earned him one of the first parking tickets in automotive history…

“We are informed that when you operate your motor vehicle, you will have the Do not adhere to the prescribed speed, but by name drive the villages and towns far too quickly. That’s why we do it repeated with number 3 of the normative provisions Gr. Ministry of the Interior from November 30, 1893 attentive, according to which the driving speed within the location must not exceed six kilometers per hour. With more distant We would be compelled to violate this provision, punishable against They intervene, ”says the warning. By the way: The number on the trunk lid is the first registration number of the car!