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Mercedes Patent Motorwagen Green Norev 1:18

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Mercedes Patent Motorwagen Green Norev 1:18 183701 Diecast
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Norev's 1:18 diecast Mercedes Patent Motorwagen in green reproduces the earliest recognised automobile as a sealed, one-piece casting, focused on its exposed frame and tiller steering rather than opening panels. A uniquely significant subject for collectors tracing the automobile's origins.
Mercedes Patent Motorwagen Green Norev 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Mercedes
Model Manufacturer
Norev
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
183701
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About the Mercedes Patent Motorwagen Green Norev 1:18

TL;DR: Norev's 1:18 diecast Mercedes Patent Motorwagen in green reproduces the earliest recognised automobile as a sealed one-piece casting, capturing its exposed frame, tiller steering and open construction rather than any opening panel. A genuinely foundational subject for a pre-war collection.

Long before Mercedes built anything resembling a modern car, this three-wheeled machine established the basic principle that a self-propelled vehicle could actually work.

Sealed-Body Diecast Construction on This Foundational Subject

This casting is diecast, built as a fixed body with no opening panels, but the original Motorwagen's construction makes that entirely natural rather than a limitation: its frame, engine and seating were all exposed by design, with no bodywork panels to open in the first place. Norev's model reproduces that skeletal, carriage-like structure, the exposed single-cylinder engine at the rear, the wire-spoked wheels and the simple tiller used to steer, all cast with genuine care for a subject with almost no bodywork to hide behind. The green paintwork picks out the wooden-look seating and metal framework distinctly, and the overall impression is of an object from engineering's earliest days rather than a stylised toy.

Why This Subject Matters to a Serious Collection

The Patent Motorwagen is widely credited as the first vehicle designed from the ground up as a self-propelled automobile rather than a converted carriage, which gives it a genuinely unique place at the very start of any automotive chronology. Displayed at the head of a Mercedes-themed shelf or a broader pre-war collection, it provides a striking contrast against later, fully bodied classics. Because the entire structure is exposed by design, the casting is best appreciated as a piece of engineering history rendered faithfully rather than judged against later opening-panel conventions.

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