Daimler Stahlradwagen

The Stahlradwagen, meaning steel wheeled car, was Gottlieb Daimler's second motor car, developed with Wilhelm Maybach in 1889, a year before Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft was founded. After seeing Panhard's Daimler designed V-twin engine demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889 and asking about its weight and power, Armand Peugeot expressed interest in a lightweight motor vehicle powered by it. The tubular steel frame resembled two bicycles joined side by side and was made by the bicycle manufacturer Neckarsulmer Stahlfabriken, which later became part of NSU Motorenwerke, and the water that cooled the engine ran through the tubes of the frame. The car was demonstrated toward the end of the 1889 Exposition, and Peugeot began building cars based on its design by 1890.