On this day in 1886 Karl Benz patented the first internal combustion engine on a motor car ... as radical as a flying car would today. The new car was called the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

who later merged his company with Daimler Motor Group to form Mercedez-Benz. Karl Benz was a design visionary whose first fascinations were with locomotives and bicycles. His 1886 Benz Patent ...

Later that year, the Benz Patent Motor Car, model No. 1, made its first public outing. The car was "powered by an internal combustion engine: three-wheeled, four-cycle, engine and chassis form a ...