Visitors to the Mercedes-Benz World happening at KL Base at once until Sunday, July 7, could have no shortage of latest metal to view, what with Mercedes-Benz Malaysia showcasing a big choice of Mercedes-Benz and AMG vehicles on the event, including the just-launched trio of AMG models, the C 63 S E Performance and the facelifted GLA 45 S 4Matic+ and GLB 35 4Matic.
With all of the swanky models on display, it’s easy to miss the vehicle at the doorway, a glaring oddity in today’s world, just because it looks like nothing you’d associate with a automotive, not in today’s terms a minimum of.
Nonetheless, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, because it’s called, is the car that began all of it, not only for the brand, but for everybody. The three-wheeled mechanical carriage, with its brass fittings, 1.0 litre single-pot and large horizontal flywheel stabiliser exposed for the world to see, should have shocked those that viewed it in 1886, and truth be told, it still does today. Tarnation! Seat belts? Suspension? Steering?
It’s hard to imaging driving it any further than down the road, but inventor Karl Benz’s wife Bertha did, after which some. Without telling her husband, she engaged in what turned out to be a really historical field trip from Mannheim to Pforzeim with Patent-Motorwagen No. 3 in 1888, effectively gaining loads of publicity for the vehicle and its maker. Clever woman, indeed.
The unit on display on the event is a reproduction, after all, and its custodian is MBM, which has had it on show for years at its corporate office, from way back to when it called Menara TM its home. It has been brought out for public viewing at Mercedes-Benz World, so, in case you’re keen to see what history – and the automotive that began all of it – looks like, head on over to the showcase at KL Base in Sungai Besi this weekend. Admission to the event is free.
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This Article First Appeared At paultan.org
