what is the name of the first car invented?

Answer 1

First Car Invented
The first car invented was the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

First high-speed single-cylinder four-stroke engine, the Patent-Motorwagen was not a converted carriage but an independent, integral design.

On January 29, 1886, Karl Benz applied for a patent, and the German Reich Patent No. 37435a was granted in November.

That's why it is officially considered the first car invented.
The Inventor

The Patent-Motorwagen was born due to the geniality and persistence of Karl Friedrich Benz (1844-1929).

He had no precedents on which to draw, having to invent his own layout in every detail. He had to decide, only by himself, how, how many and which wheels should be driven, where to place the engine, how to make brakes work, use chains or belts...

The Karl Benz biography is the story of the First Car Invented. Back in those days, inventions were usually a "one man's job", as it was in his case.
The Car

There's a beginning to every story. For the automobile adventure, Karl Benz wrote the foreword in 1885 with the Tricycle, which later became the Patent-Motorwagen. It was almost as if the first car invented had a "prototype"!

Benz created innovative technology with classic engineering methods: a small horizontal, single-cylinder four-stroke engine running on benzin, electric ignition, carburetor, water-cooled radiator, steering and a tubular frame.

Engine
Single cylinder, horizontally mounted, fore-and-aft in frame, with exposed vertical crankshaft and flywheel. Water cooled. Bore and stroke, capacity: 4.56 x 6.30in, 103.2cu in (116 x 169mm, 1691cc). Two valves, single cam operating exhaust valve by rockers and levers and offset pin in cam-end face operating inlet slide valve. Benz surface carburetor. Maximum power: (approx) 1.5bhp at 250/300rpm. Engine mounted behind seats and in front of driven rear axle.

Transmission
Belt drive from flywheel to differential and cross-shaft, all in unit with engine. Final drive to rear wheels by chain. Release of direct drive (no step-down gears provided) by pulling belt-control arm to neutral position.

Chassis
Separate tubular chassis frame. Three wheels, single front wheel mounted and controlled in bicycle fashion. Cog-and-twin rack steering between vertical steering posts of front wheel and steering column via drag links. Front wheel suspended by full-elliptic leaf spring and radius arms. Rear suspension by full-elliptic leaf springs. No dampers. Rear wheel transmission brakes operated by belt-control lever. Center-lock wire wheels and solid tires.

Dimensions
Wheelbase: 4ft 9.1in (1.45m). Unladen weight: 585lb (265kg).


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The Story

The story of the first car invented is intimately related to Karl Benz biography, being almost impossible to disassociate one from the other.

Consequently, the story you're reading here complements his biography, of course. I try to focus, though, on the specific aspects of the Tricycle and the Patent-Motorwagen's development. It begins with the formation of his company, the Benz & Co. Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik.

Benz & Co. Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik

On October 1883, with the financial backing from two prominent businessmen, Max Rose and Friedrich Esslinger, the Benz & Co. Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik opened its doors.

For Karl Benz it was the necessary relief from years of financial and partnership struggles, and the freedom he needed to return to his ultimate goal of producing a powered automobile.

The decade between 1876 and 1886 was of major significance for the development of the automobile. The four-stroke engine, developed by Nikolaus Otto, had proved its value to industry. Gottlieb Daimler made it light and suitable for vehicle use. Robert Bosch founded his company in 1886, where he perfected the magneto ignition for stationary engines, Otto's invention. And so on.

The Engine

Years earlier, in 1877, Benz had started the development of his own two-stroke engine. It was meant to be incorporated as an integral part of his automobile design. The decision to build a two-stroke was determined mainly by the granting of a patent to Nicolaus Otto in 1976, for the rights to the four-stroke version.

In 1884, though, it was announced that an appeal had been made against the four-stroke Otto's patent. It claimed the existence of a document detailing the four-stroke principle, prior to the time the patent was granted.

Benz could then turn his attention to the four-stroke engine. By the time the Otto's patent was finally revoked, in 1886, he put his design into production.

It turned out his engine could propel the machine at a speed of about 10mph (16km/h).

The Fuel

No doubts that, by the time these pioneers were inventing the combustion engine, they were experimenting with all sorts of possible fuels. Benz engine was running on "Ligroin", that had to be purchased in small quantities from the local chemist.

The German name for ligroin was "Benzin" which, despite appearances, was not named after Karl Benz. It was derived from the African port Bizerta, Benzert in German, where the basic resin used to begin its journey to Europe to be converted into "benzenes".

The 1885 Tricycle

The original Benz was a very rudimentary machine. It had no fuel tank, and the carburetor float chamber had to be topped up on a regular basis. It had a high-voltage ignition system, the primary circuit of which was closed when the engine was in operation.

Adler cycle factory built the frame and the simple steering shaft that controlled the front wheel of the vehicle. Spending extra money to develop more complex steering mechanisms was not considered necessary.

Understandably, construction took a long time. Karl Benz had to come up with solutions that, nowadays, we take completely for granted. The precise date of the first Tricycle's trial is not known. It is certain, though, that it moved around the ground surrounding Benz's workshops in the spring of 1885.

The 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen

On January 29, 1886, Karl Benz applied for a patent for his motorized vehicle. This is officially considered the birthday of the first car invented.

After rapidly assembling a Tricycle for public demonstration, he finally presented his invention on September 5. The local press gave his vehicle wide and favorable coverage, recognizing that it might have been of use as transport for "company representatives and tourists".

By the summer of 1886 it was often to be seen in the streets of Mannheim. The prototype was then dismantled (being re-assembled prior to donation, in 1906, to the Deutsches Museum in Munich). Before long Benz had arranged to put replicas of the Tricycle on sale.

Finally, on November 1886, with the German Reich Patent No.37435a being granted, Karl Benz three-wheeled vehicle was officially recognized as the world's first automobile. It became known, from then on, as Benz Patent-Motorwagen (Benz Patent Motor Car).




It certainly was the Benz Motorwagen's holistic design that secured its patent. The vehicle was really original. At the time, the approach among other inventors was to adapt an engine to existing coach chassis. Karl Benz had a different view. He was correctly convinced that the automobile carried different engineering principles from those applied to horse-drawn carriages. Clear and simple ideas, well worth the recognition.

Frau Bertha Benz, and The Trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim

Interestingly enough, the world was not yet prepared to fully understand the potential of those early gadgets. The automobile, that noisy, smelly, complex and expensive piece of machinery, had no ready market in an environment where the simple and reliable horse was still the preferred option. Early sales for the acclaimed Patent Motorwagen were virtually non-existent.

By 1888 Bertha, Karl's adventurous wife, was enough involved in her husband's business to decide to take matters into her own hands. One very early morning in August, assisted by the two elder of her five children, she sneaked out of the house while Karl was still asleep.

She drove the third prototype of the first car invented some 100 miles (160km) from Mannheim to her mother's house in Pforzheim. She telegraphed the bemused Karl by the time of her arrival, explaining what she had done. Five days later she took her way back.

Bertha, aside from visiting her mother, also wanted to prove a point to her husband, who was more interested in tinkering than marketing.

"People only buy what they know," Bertha told him. "First you must show them your wares, then they will jump at the opportunity."

The third prototype had a more powerful engine, two gears and wooden-spoke wheels. The unofficial test drive, though, highlighted a number of further enhancements necessary to be carried out. Uphill the passengers were required to step down and push, while downhill sections created problems to the wooden brake blocks. Hat-pins were useful to clear fuel lines, and broken drive belts had to be repaired by local cobblers. And so on.

The necessary modifications were promptly addressed by Karl Benz. But what mostly caught the attention of the astonished public, though, was the concrete possibility of a long range trip by car. After all, a woman with neither particular skills nor superhuman strength, was the protagonist of the first motorized field trip in History, through non-existent roads! Remarkable, at least for the time.

The Road to Viktoria

Despite instant celebrity status involving their venture, and the creation of a great deal of interest and publicity, they yet had no firm orders. The following year a few examples were sold, including some to France.




Benz fortune began to change in 1890, when Esslinger and Rose left the business. They were replaced by Friedrich von Fischer and Julius Ganß, both very confident about the Patent-Motorwagen great financial future.

Most of the early Motorwagen were sold in France via the Benz agent Emile Roger. Some 69 examples of the first car invented were sold between 1887 and 1893, with the majority of sales concentrated in 1892 and 1893.

Matters improved further with the introduction of the Viktoria model in 1893, the first Benz vehicle with four wheels. But this is another story...

Answer 2

The First Car Invented

Answer 3

The first car invented was the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

Answer 4

MONTVALE, N.J., Jan. 13 -- The automobile celebrates its 120th birthday on January 29. On this date in 1886, Karl Benz applied for a patent for his "vehicle with gas engine operation." Patent DRP 37435 for the Benz Patent Motor Car granted in November of the same year is regarded as the birth certificate of the automobile. In later years the Benz organization and the company formed by fellow automotive pioneer Gottlieb Daimler would merge to form Daimler-Benz. Karl Benz is, therefore, credited as co-founder not only of Mercedes-Benz but also the automotive industry itself.

Answer 5

The first car manufacturers in the world were French: Panhard & Levassor (1889) and Peugeot (1891).

By car manufacturer I mean builders of entire motor vehicles for sale and not just engine inventors who experimented with car design to test their engines.

Daimler and Benz began as the latter BEFORE becoming full car manufacturers and made their early money by licensing their patents and selling their engines to car manufacturers.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Nicholas Joseph Cugnot designed the first vehicle to move under it's own power, steam, in 1769.

He called it Le Whippinfizzer

Answer 8

1886 Benz

Answer 9

Flivver

Answer 10

model T ford was the first production car google it

Answer 11

The wheel