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==Development, specifications and Karl Benz's first drive==
[[File: Motorwagen Serienversion.jpg|thumb|The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nr. 3 of 1888, used by [[Bertha Benz]] for the first long-distance journey by automobile (106 km (66 mi) long)]]
After developing a successful [[gasoline]]-powered [[two-stroke]] [[piston engine]] in 1873, Benz focused on developing a motorized vehicle while maintaining a career as a designer and manufacturer of stationary engines and their associated parts.
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Benz later made more models of the Motorwagen: model number 2 had {{convert|1.1|kW|abbr=on}} engine, and model number 3 had {{Convert|2|hp|disp=flip|abbr=on}} engine, allowing the vehicle to reach a maximum speed of approximately {{convert|10|mi/h|disp=flip|abbr=on}}. The chassis was improved in 1887 with the introduction of wooden-spoke wheels, a fuel tank, and a manual [[drum brake|leather shoe brake]] on the rear wheels.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
About 25 Patent-Motorwagen were built between 1886 and 1894.<ref name=R&T2019>{{cite web |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a29052532/mercedes-benz-first-automotive-marketing-stunt-patent-motorwagen-story/ |title=The First Benz Was a Dirty, Finger-Hungry Machine That Was Easy to Drive |last=Sorokanich |first=Bob |date=29 October 2019 |work=Road and Track |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>
==Bertha Benz's trip==
{{Main|Bertha Benz#First cross-country automobile journey}}
[[Bertha Benz]], Karl's wife, whose dowry was said to have made a portion of contribution to finance the development of the Patent-Motorwagen,<ref>"Frauen in der Geschichte des Rechts – Von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zum Gegenwart", Ute Gerhard e.a., Beck'se Verlagsbuchhandlung, München 1997, {{ISBN|3-406-42866-5}}, p. 464</ref> was aware of the need for publicity. She took the Patent-Motorwagen No. 3 and drove it on the first long-distance internal combustion automobile road trip to demonstrate its feasibility. That trip occurred in early August 1888, when she took her sons Eugen and Richard, fifteen and fourteen years old, respectively, on a ride from Mannheim through [[Heidelberg]], and [[Wiesloch]], to her maternal hometown of [[Pforzheim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHIFE4vOeEo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/yHIFE4vOeEo |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Making of 'Carl & Bertha' (Film)|last=MercedesForum|date=8 May 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
[[File:Berthabenzmemorialrouteschild.jpg|thumb|Official signpost of Bertha Benz Memorial Route]]
In Germany, a parade of antique automobiles celebrates this historic trip of Bertha Benz every two years. On February 25, 2008, the [[Bertha Benz Memorial Route]],<ref>[http://www.bertha-benz.de/indexen.php?inhalt=home Bertha Benz Memorial Route] (German-government-approved non-profit official site)</ref> following the route of Benz's journey, was officially approved as a Tourist or Scenic Route by the German authorities as a route of industrial heritage of mankind. The {{convert|194|km|abbr=on}} of signposted route leads from Mannheim via Heidelberg to Pforzheim ([[Black Forest]]) and back.
==See also==
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