An outing with the “Benz Patent Motor Car”, the first automobile of the world. Carl Benz (2. November 1844 to 4 April 1929) is on the right hand side, next to him Josef Brecht one of his employees.
The Mercedes-Benz W108 and W109 are luxury cars produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1965 through to 1972 and 1973 in North America only. The cars were successful in West Germany a total of 383,361 units were manufactured. Prices were $45,000 and $48,500 for the hard and soft roofs.