As one of the most beloved luxury vehicle brands in the world today, Mercedes-Benz’s reputation allows it to sell millions of ...

Who invented the automobile? The answer depends a little bit on your definition of the word. The first practical gas-powered carriage was built by Karl Benz, who later merged his company with ...

Because 70 years later, just across town, a young engineer named Karl Benz would do something equally audacious: he would build the first automobile powered by a gasoline engine. Mannheim is not ...

O n January 29, 1886, Karl Benz patented the first automobile powered by a gasoline engine, marking a pivotal moment in ...

In 1888, Bertha Benz, wife of automotive inventor Karl Benz, set off on a groundbreaking trip. A pioneer and investor in her own right, Bertha took the world's first combustion engine-powered car ...