RACQ MotorFest - Sunday 14 June

140 years ago, on January 29, 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for his “vehicle powered by a gas engine.” The patent – number 37435 – is widely regarded as the birth certificate of the automobile.

Gottlieb Daimler started motorizing stage coaches in 1901 and in 1902, an Austrian automobile entrepreneur, Emil Jellinek an employee of Daimler's company Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG), trademarked the name “Mercedes” after his daughter, Mercedes Jellinek and thereafter, the vehicles produced by DMG were marketed under the name of Mercedes.

100 years ago, in 1926, the companies of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler were combined, and thus began the production of the first brand-name Mercedes-Benz models.

In recognition of these two anniversaries, the RACQ will be featuring Benz and Mercedes-Benz as their Anniversay Display vehicles and we need to have a display of 70 plus vehicles on the day.

More details to come.

For information, click on RACQ Motorfest

Registration is not required.