The C280 returned 11.5 litres/100 kilometres in town and 7.6 on the highway, which, for a 1,570-kilogram sedan, was decent, but not exceptional. Unfortunately, it required high-octane fuel, 91 or ...

Mr Benz had acquired a vast amount of wealth thanks to the two-stroke gas engine he had developed in 1879/80. So much so, that from 1883 on, he concentrated solely on creating a motorised road ...