 | | | The first Daimler truck - but was it really a van? |
| The first Daimler truck was completed in 1896. This ground-breaking vehicle was fitted with a 4-speed belt transmission and a two-cylinder "Phoenix" engine. Although the Phoenix still used the hot tube ignition system, it was already equipped with a spray jet carburettor and developed a creditable 4 hp. The Daimler truck had a payload of 1,500 kg, which would qualify it as a van by today's standards. The first vehicle completed was delivered to England. |
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