A guy named Karl Benz recently filed a patent for this here contraption, something he's calling a "Motorwagen." The idea is that you burn a substance called gasoline through a small ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Benz Patent Motorwagen is widely regarded as the first practical self-propelled motor vehicle. It is estimated that twenty-five of the ...

We bust our guts bringing you the latest and greatest cars as soon as we possibly can, but we’re a bit behind the curve with this one. The Benz Patent-Motorwagen was the world’s first internal ...

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 by ...

HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) - On this day in history - July 3rd, 1886 - the Benz Patent-Motorwagen is shown to the public. The Motorwagen is considered to be the world's first automobile, as it was the ...

Mercedes-Benz is no stranger to wild lap times at the Nurburgring, but has it always been so? In a sense, yes. YouTube sim racer and IRL race car driver Jimmy Broadbent recently decided to take the ...

Who invented the automobile? 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 ...