Karl Benz generally is acknowledged as the inventor of the modern automobile
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The first country to make an automobile is Europe
Armed Bombardier. He built it from his family's sleigh with an automobile engine and an airplane propeller.
Carl Benz 1896 first production car
Rudolf Diesel invented the Diesel engine in 1897 (which is why it is called the "Diesel Engine"), but i do not know if he was the first person to use it in an automobile or not, though I believe he was.
carl Benz because he created the first automobile and he test drove it to make sure it was safe enough for any one else to drive
He is credited as having built (and sold) the first production automobile.
Carl Benz of Germany is credited with inventing the first practical automobile.
The first person to build a gas engine was built by Daimler or Karl Benz.
He was the first to make an automobile He was not the first to make an automobile, far from it. He was however the first auto manufacture to perfect the assembly line concept of auto production. This lowered the price of a car to the level where the average family could own a car. Prior to this only the rich could own an automobile.
The first practical automobile was made by Karl Benz in Germany 1885.