Plans are underway to mass produce replica of the world’s first car. Mercedes-Benz’s own replica of the Benz Patent Motorwagen is being offered up for sale by the automaker.
It’s considered by most to be the first production automobile as it possessed an internal combustion engine, electronic ignition, and was offered for sale way back in 1885. The patent was awarded on January 29 of the following year.
According to Auto Authority, the original version of the Patent Motorwagen sits in a German museum and is essentially priceless.
”This replica version was built in 2002 and has been inspected and serviced by the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center. It’s completely functional, which means you’ll get to unleash the full fury of its 0.9-horsepower engine. That’s faithful to the unit fitted to car number one. Later models had relatively enormous leaps in power with car number two producing 1.5 hp and car number three cranking out a then Hellcat-like 2 hp.
