The year 1893 saw the production of the first four-wheeled Benz car , the Benz Victoria (in ), followed the next year , the Benz Velo , which becomes the base model of the first trucks and buses in 1895 .
In 1896, the first Kontra - Benz Motor appears with an engine with two horizontally opposed cylinders. The first Benz truck is manufactured the same year. In 1898 , rubber tires are adopted for the Benz Comfortable . In 1899 , production will be 572 cars and Benz became one of the largest automobile manufacturers at the time. The following year , that number is exceeded, with the production of 603 vehicles
