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The 2016 Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run \u2014 the world\u2019s longest running motoring event \u2014 will celebrate inventor Karl Benz\u2019s 130-year-old patent, granted on January 29, 1886, and the early days of German motoring when the annual pilgrimage of veteran cars recreates itself once again this November 6th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The Benz Patent Motorwagen (patent number 37435) was a two-seater, three-wheeler, powered by a single-cylinder four-stroke engine mounted at the rear. First tests revealed difficulties that were remedied by development so that successful tests on public roads took place in the summer of 1886. Two years and further improvements later, a Mk III version was offered for sale, becoming the world\u2019s first commercially available automobile.<\/p>\n

Alongside Benz, of which six examples took part in the 2015 Run, the organizers are hoping that other veteran cars from manufacturers such as Adler, Bergmann, (German-built) Daimler, Lutzmann, Mercedes and Opel will tackle the 60-mile run from London\u2019s Hyde Park to Brighton. Registration for the 2016 Run will open on Monday, March 28.<\/p>\n

As always, the Royal Automobile Club event will send the first cars on their way at sunrise as more than 400 three- and four-wheelers make their annual pilgrimage to the Sussex seafront. The Run is open to all vehicles built before 1905 \u2014 meaning even the \u201cyoungest\u201d cars on the Run are more than 110 years old \u2014 and while most will be petrol-powered, steam- and electric-powered vehicles will also be in evidence.<\/p>\n

The Run will also be celebrating its own anniversary this year, as the very first \u201cEmancipation Run\u201d from London to Brighton was held in November 1896 \u2014 120 years ago \u2014 and marked the passing into law of the Locomotives on the Highway Act that raised the speed limit for \u201clight locomotives\u201d from 4mph to 14mph and abolished the need for the vehicles to be preceded by a man carrying a red flag.<\/p>\n

Tom Purves, Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, said: \u201cKarl Benz and his wife Bertha, who, in 1888, undertook the first long-distance journey by car, were far-sighted automobile pioneers\u2026 but even they would be amazed by the role the car plays in 21st<\/sup> Century life. It is highly fitting that the 2016 Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run should honor Benz, his contemporaries and his country\u2019s role in the history of the motor car.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Run is just one element of the Royal Automobile Club\u2019s London Motor Week \u2014 a seven-day celebration of motoring that includes an art exhibition, motoring heritage lectures, a motoring forum and a motoring book awards evening. The penultimate event in the week is the free-to-view Regent Street Motor Show, on Saturday November 5, turning London\u2019s premier shopping street into a motoring showcase that spotlights both veteran and modern machinery alike. For more details of the event and registration forms please visit www.veterancarrun.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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