In 1890, Émile Levassor and Armand Peugeot of France began producing vehicles with Daimler engines, and so laid the muse of the automotive business in France. They had been hooked up to the first Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race, however finished 6 days after the profitable cyclist, Charles Terront. Daimler and Maybach founded Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) in Cannstatt in 1890, and offered their first car in 1892 beneath the model name Daimler. It was a horse-drawn stagecoach built by another manufacturer, which they retrofitted with an engine of their design. By 1895 about 30 automobiles had been constructed by Daimler and Maybach, both at the Daimler works or within the Hotel Hermann, where they set up shop after disputes with their backers.
Benz started promotion of the vehicle on 3 July 1886, and about 25 Benz vehicles were sold between 1888 and 1893, when his first four-wheeler was launched along with … Read More
