Search results

...e [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]], built in 1885 and unveiled in 1886 by [[Karl Benz]]. Unique and consequently the fastest, it established a record speed of 16 | [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]]

[[Image:Benz-velo.jpg|thumb|right|213px|Karl Benz's "Velo" model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race]] ...Earlier terms for automobile include ''motorwagon'' (from the German name "Motorwagen",) and ''horseless carriage''. Although the term "car" is presumed to be de

[[Image:1885Benz.jpg|thumb|A photograph of the [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]].]]

[[Image:Benz-1.jpg|thumb|1885-built [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]], the first car to go into production with an internal combustion engine]] The first automobile [[patent]] in the [[United States]] was granted to [[Oliver Evans]] in 1789. In 1805