1898 Benz Velo 3hp car Size:XL: 100 x 75cm coincided with the Depression

coincided with the Depression

'Field Marshall the Earl Haig'

Harefield is now in the London borough of Hillingdon

with the River Thames and Greenwich Hospital in the middle distance and figures in the foreground

17th May 1973

1898 Benz Velo 3hp car Size:XL: 100 x 75cm coincided with the Depression1898 Benz Velo 3hp car. Karl Benz was the father of the motorcar. In 1885 he built the first successful petrol engine car, and Benz cars were produced for public sale from 1888. For more than ten years Benz led the world in car production and in 1896 their output exceeded the combined efforts of all car makers in Britain and the United States of America. This 1898 example is in very original condition.