The Vehicle that Connected the World The First Automobile's Global Impact

The invention of the first car is typically attributed to two German inventors who were working independently in the late 1800s. Karl Benz finished the first version of his Motorwagen in 1885, and, crucially, had it patented on 29 January 1885 as 'motorcar fuelled by gas'. Daimler first fitted the engine in a two-wheeler for the first public test-ride on November 10, 1885. This was the world's first-ever ... First General Motors car -- First car to be produced after General Motors was formed in 1908 was this 1908 Cadillac. THE FIRST CIVILIAN JEEP® BRAND VEHICLE (CJ) ... The mighty Willys MB emerged out of the cauldron of war ready for peace time service. The legendary G.I. workhorse ... Model S received Consumer Reports' Best Overall Car and has been named the Ultimate Car of the Year by Motor Trend, while Model X was the first SUV ever to ... Karl Benz invented the first gas-powered car, which he received a patent for in 1886. Benz's first car had three wheels, looked much like an ... Benz ran his first car in 1885, Daimler in 1886. Although there is no reason to believe that Benz had ever seen a motor vehicle before he made ... The first car was built in 1885 by a German engineer named Karl Benz. Benz's car, called the Motorwagen, was a three-wheeled vehicle that was powered by a ... The Benz Velo from 1894 was the world's first series-produced automobile. Daimler ...