Karl Benz
"Since the first car, Mercedes-Benz has set the pace for what all cars might someday become."

Karl Benz was born on November 25, 1844 and died on April 4, 1929. He was born in Baden Muehlburg, Germany. Benz invented the first automobile.  In 1891 he had built his first four wheeler car and the very first series of racing cars. Soon enough, Benz & Company had become the world's largest automobile manufacturer by the 1900s. In 1906, he had left his company to open up a new one called, K. Benz & Sons, which built automobiles. 

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Karl Benz first company called Benz & Company.

The first automobile invented.