Daimler motor car.

This improvement on the wire-wheel car was the first automobile model sold by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) in 1892. Such a car was purchased by Moulay Hassan I, the Sultan of Morocco from 1873 to 1894. He was the first person to buy a DMG motor car and the first monarch to own a gasoline-engined automobile.

  • Cylinders 2
  • Displacement 46 cu in
  • Output 2 hp (1.5 kW)
  • at engine speed 700/min
  • Top speed 14 mph
  • Production period 1892-1895
  • Units produced 12
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