Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart

• Cylinders 1
• Displacement 2651 cm³ (162 cu in)
• Output 5 ps (3.7 kW)
• at engine speed 600/min
• Top speed 20 km/h (12 mph)
• Seats 8

In 1895 Benz & Cie built the world's first two buses which ushered in the era of motorized local public transport. They operated on the Siegen-Netphen-Deuz route in the Siegerland in West Germany - but only for a few weeks because incessant rain had made the roads impassable.