January 29 marks an important milestone in the history of Mercedes-Benz, inventor of the motor car and the world's most famous marque - on that day back in 1886 Carl Benz filed an application in Berlin for a patent on his three-wheeled "horseless carriage". Early critics claimed the contraption had no future; 125 years and over 80,000 patent applications later they couldn't be more wrong.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
125 years ago
January 29 marks an important milestone in the history of Mercedes-Benz, inventor of the motor car and the world's most famous marque - on that day back in 1886 Carl Benz filed an application in Berlin for a patent on his three-wheeled "horseless carriage". Early critics claimed the contraption had no future; 125 years and over 80,000 patent applications later they couldn't be more wrong.
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