Benz Viktoria


The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Viktoria is a car that was produced by Benz and Cie. from 1893 to 1900. It was the first four-wheeled vehicle produced by Benz and Cie.

Vehicles

The first car brought to, and used in, Västerbotten, Sweden was a Benz Viktoria. In 1900, Jon Haraldsson Hedin, a pharmacist from Lycksele, purchased a Viktoria in Stockholm for, approximately the value of in 2020.
Vehicle number 99, located in the car museum of Einbeck, is street-legal in Germany. The first modern general inspection took place in April 2019. The local department of motor vehicles issued an allowance for usage at daytime and in good weather conditions, so that no additional vehicle lighting needed to be installed. The usage of a traffic paddle is still legal in Germany as a direction indicator for historic cars. Regular inspection was renewed in 2023.
File:Carl Benz, his family and Theodor Baron von Liebieg in 1894, on a trip from Mannheim to Gernsheim, driving a Benz Vis-à-Vis and a Benz Victoria.jpg|thumb|Karl Benz, his family and Baron in 1894, on a trip from Mannheim to Gernsheim driving a Benz Victoria and a Vis-à-Vis Benz Patent Motor Car