The inventor of the first gasoline powered motorcar was Karl Benz. Benz started Benz & Company in 1883 in Mannheim to produce industrial engines, and it was there that he invented and patented the two-stroke engine. He was later influenced by Gottlieb Daimler, who inspired Benz to develop a four-stroke engine suitable for powering a four-wheeled horseless carriage. Benz demonstrated the first gasoline car powered by an internal-combustion engine in Mannheim, Germany, on 3 July 1886 after patenting it on 29 January 1886. The vehicle had three wheels, an electric ignition, differential gears and was water-cooled. It reached a top speed of 10 kilometres per hour.
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Mercedes-Benz made the patent motor wagen in 1886 which is the first gasoline powered automobile on record.
Generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile, Benz made his first model in 1885.
His first car, the gasoline powered "Quadricycle" in 1896 was made by hand in a tiny workshop behind his home.
Henry Ford invented the gasoline-powered automoblie. It was called the Model T. The above answer is incorrect. The Model T was not even Henry Fords first car it was the Quadricycle built in 1896 a full 12 years before the Model T. The first practical gasoline powered automobile was invented in 1885 by Karl Benz of Germany. The first car in america was made by Charles and Frank Duryea.
It is debatable but most experts agree that the first true gasoline powered automobile was invented in 1885 by Karl Benz in Germany. There was a steam powered car built in China in the 1600s.
The first US produced car was by the Duryea motors Co. in 1893.
Benz is credited with the first gasoline powered automobile in 1885-1886, even thou Goerge Selden of NY patented it in 1879.
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The first motorbike was built in 1868. It was not powered by a gasoline engine , but by a steam engine. Its builder was Sylvester Howard Roper. His steam-powered bike was demonstrated at fairs and circuses in the eastern US in 1867 for more cool history check out http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/future.htm#1800s
The first engine-powered farm tractors used steam and were introduced in 1868. John Froelich, the inventor of the first internal-combustion traction motor, or tractor, was born on Nov. 24, 1849 in Girard, Iowa.
The first car Studebaker produced was an electric car in 1902. They produced their first gasoline powered car in 1904. These were produced in collaboration with another company. They produced their first car solely made by Studebaker in 1912.