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Today, Mercedes-Benz is known for its sleek SUVs and sedans that dominate city streets. But few know how one of the world’s most iconic car brands began. It all started with a three-wheeled invention that resembled more a carriage than a modern car. While such vehicles have long fallen out of use, one man decided to bring the car that started it all back to life.
In a video widely being reshared online, a California-based engineer was seen breathing new life into that very first Mercedes-Benz car. As seen in the clip, the man was turning on the car’s engine, and once it started, he took it out for a ride.
He has restored one of the very first Mercedes-Benz vehicles ever built, the Patent Motorwagen, designed by Carl Benz in 1886. Often hailed as the birth of the