First car...?

[Zephyr]

Wasn't Daimler of Germany the inventor of the first four wheeled car? and Benz was the first inventor of the engine?

just wondering if thats right...

[kenny]

Found this on some website...

Nicolaus August Otto
Nicolaus August Otto invented the gas motor engine in 1876.

Gottlieb Daimler
In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler invented a gas engine that allowed for a revolution in car design.

Karl Benz (Carl Benz)
Karl Benz was the German mechanical engineer who designed and in 1885 built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.

John Lambert
America's first gasoline-powered automobile was the 1891 Lambert car invented by John W. Lambert.

Duryea Brothers
They founded America's first company to manufacture and sell gasoline-powered vehicles.

Henry Ford
Henry Ford improved the assembly line for automobile manufacturing (Model-T), invented a transmission mechanism, and popularized the gas-powered automobile.

Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel-fueled internal combustion engine.

Charles Franklin Kettering
Charles Franklin Kettering invented the first automobile electrical ignition system and the first practical engine-driven generator.

[Zephyr]

thx!

[max newton]

In 1862 Belgian engineer Etienne Lenoir, working in Paris, builds the first motor car with an internal combustion engine. In 1863 he took it for a six mile drive that took three hours.:confused: :thumbsup:

[90Tegra]

if it was carl benz where did they get mercedes from?

[Supa Dexta]

http://www.didyouknow.org/daimlerbenz.htm

:thumbsup:

[Zephyr]

holy bring back my old thread from 3 years ago batman!

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Normally, I'd make a joke about bringing back dead threads...


... but that was actually quite interesting.