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 ...

Karl Benz filed a patent application for his revolutionary creation, the Benz Patent Motor Car, Model No. 1, often regarded ...

By chance, she and her mother shared a coach one summer day with a poor, disheveled young mechanical engineer named Karl Benz. When he started talking about the horseless carriage he was working ...

Mercedes-Benz ... Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, and Emil Jellinek Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany Owned By Daimler AG Current CEO Ola Källenius The German automaker is working ...

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 ...

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is selling a selection of rare cars to raise funds for renovations, and it won't have ...

Its predecessor companies were founded by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, who separately produced what could be considered the world’s first modern cars in 1885-1886. Today, Mercedes produces ...