Benz had so much Commercial Success with this engine that he was able to devote more time to his dream of creating a lightweight car powered by a gasoline engine in which the chassis and engine formed a single unit the major features of the two-seater vehicle which was completed in 1885 with a compact high-speed single-cylinder four-stroke engine installed horizontally at the rear the tubular steel frame the differential and the three wire spoked wheels the engine output was 0.75 horsepower or 0.5 5 kilowatts a far cry from what the company he founded does today details included an automatic intake slide a controlled exhaust valve ……
