The answer depends a little bit on your definition of the word. The first practical gas-powered carriage was built by Karl Benz, who later merged his company with Daimler Motor Group to form ...

Karl Benz completed the first version of his Motorwagen ... which saw a production run of 1,200 units. Motorwagen Design The Benz Patent Motorwagen was a groundbreaking design.

Arguably the car company that invented the car, Merc can trace its origins right back to Karl Benz and his Patent Motorcar of 1885. Nowadays, this German giant offers a veritable smorgasbord of ...

Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach and Carl Benz are among those who have granted their names to the house of The Three-Pointed Star. The name the world knows best, Mercedes, is also an eponym but ...

When Bertha Benz drove off in husband Carl's motorized invention 125 years ago, she had no idea she would be driving into history. Hers was the world's first long-distance drive and the first ...

On this day in 1886 Karl Benz patented the first internal combustion engine on a motor car. The engine had been in development throughout 1885, and the first ever motor car was available for sale ...