Tracing the Roots of Automotive Art The Story Behind the First Car's Design

2 The Motorwagen Design ... Benz designed his Patent Motorwagen to be a three-wheel motor vehicle, that was powered by a gas-driven, rear engine. The Benz patent motor car Victoria is the first vehicle with the double-pivot steering for which Carl Benz filed a patent in 1893. The automotive world closed the 19th century with a historic milestone: in 1899, the Belgian Camille Jenatzy broke the 100 km/h speed barrier for the first time ... So, Sir Leonard Lord of the Morris Company issued his top engineer, Alec Issigonis, a challenge: design and build a small, fuel-efficient car capable of ... Although Carl Benz made the first internal-combustion car in 1885, Germany lagged behind the rest of Europe in output. Rybczynski notes ... The Benz patent motor car Victoria is the first vehicle with the double-pivot steering for which Carl Benz filed a patent in 1893. The time lapse between the first BMC Mini and when front-wheel drive with transverse engines became the norm was significantly greater than the time lapse ... It was the first time an internal combustion engine automobile had been driven over a significant distance. As a result it attracted plenty of ... The output of this stage, which can be very time-consuming, is likely to be an approval for detailed engineering to take place. This will be the first time a ... Henry Ford built his first experimental car in 1896. Known as the Ford Quadricycle, the vehicle would remain a one-off. By 1899 Ford had set up ...