Press Information February 28, 2008

Only digital. 1893: Carl Benz and his double-pivot steering: In 1886, quite independently of each other, two epoch-makinginventions hit the road: in Mannheim the Benz Patent Motor Car – a vehicle designed from scratch – and in Stuttgart Daimler's Motorized Carriage – as its name implies, a carriage powered by an engine. Both vehicles were lacking a decisive feature, however: a steering system matched to the vehicle and capable of coping with the prevailing conditions and speeds.