2006-09-09 10:33:08 · 8 answers · asked by Angie S 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Dr. Z, Germany.
2006-09-09 10:35:29 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. BIG 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
karl benz was the first to patent the internal combustion engine and the first to produce a automobile for sole it was a three wheeled deal called the trifecta or something like that,lol,because like so many great ideas in history karl gets the credit because of the patent,daimler and maybauch also from germany had basically "invented" the internal combustion engine,benz also invented the carburator,spark plug ignition and many other things auto related as well as the boxter engine ie; porsche. what henry ford is famous for is the assembly line,mass production of automobiles
2006-09-09 10:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by seth s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first automobile produced with an internal combustion engine was built by german inventor Karl Benz in 1885 and patented in 1886. It was followed shortly after by fellow germans Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in 1886 who built an automobile out of a converted stagecoach. An American named George Baldwin Selden supposedly designed an automobile powered by an internal combustion engine in 1877 but he didn't build it until he was forced to in 1905 in order to fulfill his patent and to stave off an impending lawsuit as to the legality of the patent.
2006-09-09 10:54:28 · answer #3 · answered by jake41784 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually, the first modern car is counted the one by the german Carl Benz, with the first significant drive in 1892, by his wife, without any help, proving that it was a practical way of travelling, and not only a freak machine to be operated by trained engineers...
automobiles as such have been around longer, the oldest example i can recall is a steamdriven contraption build by a frenchman at the end of the 18th century, well before even steam engines became frequent. but being french, it never really drove, and after exploding together with its designer, became quite unpopular. :)
2006-09-09 10:48:32 · answer #4 · answered by wolschou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725 - 1804).
Cugnot used a steam engine to power his vehicle, built under his instructions at the Paris Arsenal by mechanic Brezin.
2006-09-09 10:44:41 · answer #5 · answered by Persian Male 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Augustus Daimler, Germany
2006-09-09 10:37:25 · answer #6 · answered by Dutch58 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually taken to be Karl Benz, Germany, 1885.
2006-09-09 10:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by bh8153 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
henry ford u.s.a
2006-09-09 10:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋