Benz 1886 patent motor wagon replica_Midwest Dream Car Collection

One of ten certified hand-made replicas of the original Dr. Carl Benz “Patent-Motorwagon” produced by Mercedes-Benz to commemorate the company’s recent 100th anniversary, on display at the Midwest Dream Car Collection in Salina, Kansas. This is the model Bertha Benz drove on her history-making road trip between Mannheim and Pforzheim, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Photo courtesy of the Mercedes-Benz museum.