Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart

•Cylinders 2
•Displacement 1527 cm³ (93 cu in)
•Output 5.6 ps (4.1 kW) at engine speed 720/min
•Top speed 16 km/h (10 mph)
•Payload capacity 500 kg (1100 lbs)

This motorized truck from the year 1899 is one of the world’s oldest goods vehicle still in existence. Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft had built the world’s first truck as early as 1896 and sold it to England. Among the first buyers in Germany were breweries which used the trucks for beer deliveries.

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