The Forerunner of Modern Transportation The World's First Automobile

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. In 1888 Bertha Benz, wife of automotive inventor Karl Benz, took her two sons on a ground-breaking journey. In the first of a monthly column on automotive design, Gautam Sen and Avik Chattopadhyay trace the earliest inventions, from da Vinci's ... In 1885, Karl Benz patented his three-wheeled Benz Patent Motorwagen, the first gas-powered automobile. Still, Benz's company, Benz & Cie., ... Browse 44 benz patent motorwagen photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. benz patent motor-wagen 1886 the ... Benz Patent Motor Car No. 1. 1886: the Birth of the Automobile. Page 2. The world's first motor vehicle was a three-wheeler. The writer of this article may ... The Benz Patent-Motorwagen (”patent motorcar”), built in 1885 by the German Carl Benz, is widely regarded as the world's first practical ... WORLD'S FIRST CAR: PATENT MOTORWAGEN ... Dr James Whalen enjoys building ICM's 1/24 Patent-Motorwagen, depicting Carl Benz's pioneering ... George Brayton then went on to invent the first commercially liquid-fuelled engine in 1872. 1886 - Invention of the first car. Benz Motorwagen. The German inventor of Mercedes-Benz fame, filed a patent for a “vehicle powered by a gas engine” on Jan. 29, 1886. His creation was, in fact, the world's first ...