Figure 13. — First vehicle of Karl Benz, his tricycle of 1885, powered by a 

 1 -cylinder, gasoline engine. 



Further advancement with gasoline-powered vehicles 

 came in 1885 with the simultaneous, though independent, 

 construction of a 2-wheeled machine by Gottlieb Daimler 

 (fig. 12) and a 3-wheeled machine by Karl Benz (fig. 13), 

 both in Germany. The Daimler motorcycle was powered 

 with a 1 -cylinder, 4-cycle engine, and was the first automo- 

 tive vehicle produced by the subsequently world-famous 

 Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, makers of the renowned 

 Mercedes and, later, of the Mercedes-Benz automobiles. 

 Daimler was aided through the years by his friend Wilhelm 

 Maybach. 



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