Innovation on Wheels The Story of the First Automobile

The topic of automobiles is an absurdly big one to tackle in a single museum show. The V&A (Victoria & Albert) Museum in London, however, has ... When the T43 finished the 1958 Argentine GP - with Stirling Moss in charge - it became the first ever mid-engined car to win an F1 race. It might have had the ... Our automotive history started with Karl Benz's introduction of the Benz Patent Motorwagen, which was first built in 1885 in his company Benz & Cie in Mannheim. German mechanical engineer Karl Friedrich Benz invented and built a three-wheel “motorwagen,” today recognized as the world's first car. Exactly who invented the automobile is a matter of opinion. There are many types of automobiles – steam, electric, gasoline, etc. Karl Benz, a visionary German engineer, unveiled the Motorwagen in 1886. It wasn't just a vehicle; it was a game-changer that paved the way for our modern ... The creation of a motorised horseless carriage, including a four stroke engine designed by the man himself, led to patent number DRP-37435 which was granted on ... Most people credit Karl Benz with inventing the automobile, and name the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen as the first car. It was a spindly three- ... Several vehicles predated Karl Benz's Patent-Motorwagen of 1886, but you don't get much closer to the essential idea of “car” than these ... We meet the only surviving example of the first Toyota car, the 1936 Toyoda Model AA. You won't believe where it was found.