Celebrating 140 Years of the Automobile

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen (“patent motorcar”), built by the German Engineer Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile and was the first car ever put into production. 

To celebrate the creation single-cylinder 2/3hp automobile, we will showcasing an exact replica along side modern Supercars to demonstrate how the automobile has developed over the last 140 years.

The ‘S’ was created in a magical period for the company, shortly after the merger of Daimler and Benz. Chief Engineer,  Ferdinand Porsche built a powerful, yet versatile automobile – a true all-rounder, at home on the race track, hill climbs and providing exhilarating driving for the road. The signature engineering feature was its ‘on demand’ Roots type supercharger, which only kicked in when the accelerator was fully depressed, boosting power output from 120 to 180 brake horsepower for a few glorious seconds!

Celebrating 140 years since the production of the first Automobile built in 1885 by Karl Benz. Yorkshire Elegance will feature a display of motorcars spanning 14 decades of motoring history. Featuring examples from the embryonic pioneering days of the late 1800’s to modern Supercars & Hypercars

F1 turned 75 this year so to mark the anniversary, Yorkshire Elegance, in association with Speedmaster, will feature a display of legendary F1 cars from throughout the decades on both show days.