1898 Benz Velo 3hp car opera glasses Children playing on the roadside

Children playing on the roadside at the corner of Loftus Street in Hanley

British soldier and administrator

auctioneers & valuers and Mrs White's Day School

With a top speed of 38mph and powered by a 49cc DKW engine it was designed purely as a single seat town car to carry one adult and a shopping bag

1898 Benz Velo 3hp car opera glasses Children playing on the roadside1898 Benz Velo 3hp car. Karl Benz was the father of the motorcar. In 1885 he built the first successful petrol engine car, and Benz cars were produced for public sale from 1888. For more than ten years Benz led the world in car production and in 1896 their output exceeded the combined efforts of all car makers in Britain and the United States of America. This 1898 example is in very original condition.