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In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725 - 1804). Cugnot used a steam engine to power his vehicle, built under his instructions at the Paris Arsenal by mechanic Brezin. It was used by the French Army to haul artillery at a whopping speed of 2 1/2 mph on only three wheels. The vehicle had to stop every ten to fifteen minutes to build up steam power. The steam engine and boiler were separate from the rest of the vehicle and placed in the front. The following year (1770), Cugnot built a steam-powered tricycle that carried four passengers.

All the above is true bur the question was what was the first car built, not tractor, or tricycle. Most experts in the field of automobiles agree and have given credit for the invention of the first practical automobile to Karl Benz. The first Car to be made was the Benz Patent Motorwagen in 1895. The first mass-produced car was the Ford Model T in 1908.

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