Mobilizing the World The Story of the First Vehicle Ever Built

You are thinking of the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen, and while that was the first car to feature an internal combustion engine, it was not the ... How did the first cars work? ... A steam car burned fuel that heated water in a boiler. This process made steam that expanded and pushed pistons, which turned a ... The invention of the first car is typically attributed to two German inventors who were working independently in the late 1800s. Though the first Nissan – actually a Datsun – was produced in 1914, the name Nissan itself didn't truly debut until 1933 when founder Yoshisuke Aikawa ... The first car ever made is credited to Karl Benz, a German engineer and inventor. In 1886, Benz developed the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, widely ... The first Motorwagen used the Benz 954 cc single-cylinder four-stroke engine with trembler coil ignition. This new engine produced 2⁄3 ... First built in the 1820s, Concord coaches featured an innovative leather-strap suspension that produced a rocking motion over rough roads -- easier on ... That company closed down in 1923 so the next year Walter created a new company bearing his own name – and here he is with his very first car, ... The next year Benz created the Motorwagen Model 2 which had several modifications, and in 1887, the definitive Model 3 with wooden wheels was introduced, ... Daimler is considered the first inventor to have invented a practical internal-combustion engine. In 1889, Daimler invented a V-slanted two ...