PATENT- MOTORWAGEN Vintage advertisement for the world’s first car: The Benz Patent Motor Car. It was built in a total of three variants from 1886 to 1894 Carl Benz introduced the Patent Motor Car in 1886 and subsequently built several units of this three-wheeler, about 25 vehicles in total. The Model I was the original Patent Motor Car. It featured wire wheels and a number of design details adopted from advanced contemporary bicycle manufacture.The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885, is widely regarded as the world's first production automobile.