Along with the worldwide celebrations which took place on 29 January last, a framed copy of the patent application made by karl Benz in relation to his Benz Patent Motor Wagen of 1886 was presented to the RIAC at an informal event held in the customer centre at Mercedes-Benz HQ in Dublin where the many historic exhibits include an exact working replica of the same 1886 Benz Patent Motor Wagen.
There to accept the presentation from Mercedes-Benz chief executive Stephen Byrne (second right) and sales manager Ciaran Allen (left) were RIAC chairman Cecil Sparks (second left) and Bob Montgomery (right), motor historian and curator of the RIAC archive.
