INTRODUCTION

Karl Benz, in full Karl Friedrich Benz, was fundamentally a German mechanical engineer who designed and in 1885 build the world’s first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine.

What is an internal combustion engine?

An internal combustion engine is any group of devices in which the reactants (oxidizer and fuel) and the products of combustion serve as the working fluids of engine and power, in this case, the automobile.

BENZ PATENT MOTOR CAR (1885-1886)

Benz patent motor car, also known as the first automobile by some of the historians, was the first stationary gasoline-engined car. It was a one-cylinder two-stroke unit which ran for the first time on New Year’s Eve in 1879. Benz had a lot of commercial success with this car. He devoted more of his time getting closer to his dream (creating a lightweight car powered by a gasoline engine in which the chassis and engine formed a single unit).

DOUBLE-PIVOT STEERING (1893-1894)

It was Karl Benz who first thought and made double-pivot steering a reality. It was patented in 1893 and solved the most urgent problems of the automobiles. The first Benz with this steering system was the 3 horsepower Victoria with slightly different bodies built. The world’s first production car with approximately 1200 units was Benz Velo of 1894, a lightweight, compact, durable, and inexpensive car.

RACING CARS

The launch of the first series racing cars by Karl Benz took place in 1899!

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. britannica.com
2. daimler.com