
Mercedes-Simplex 18/22 HP, photographed in 1903 in the Cannstatt factory yard of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft. Wilhelm Maybach is in the front passenger seat, while senior engineer Balz is in the driver’s seat. In the rear behind Maybach is Adolf Daimler, next to management board member Gustav Vischer. Behind the bonnet with his left hand on the gearshift lever is engine designer Joseph Brauner, who also designed the engine of the first Mercedes.
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