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The automobile, the self-moved vehicle, existed long before Carl
Benz’s patented motor car of 1886. In 1769, Frenchman Nicolas-
Joseph Cugnot crashed his steam-powered vehicle into a wall on
its maiden voyage. In 1875, Austrian Siegfried Marcus presented
a rudimentary motor-driven vehicle. However, even Benz’s threewheeled
vehicle was still a long way from what we understand today
as an automobile. Numerous developments followed in terms
of wheels, mudguards, axles, springs, bonnets, seats,...
Benz’s patented motor car of 1886. In 1769, Frenchman Nicolas-
Joseph Cugnot crashed his steam-powered vehicle into a wall on
its maiden voyage. In 1875, Austrian Siegfried Marcus presented
a rudimentary motor-driven vehicle. However, even Benz’s threewheeled
vehicle was still a long way from what we understand today
as an automobile. Numerous developments followed in terms
of wheels, mudguards, axles, springs, bonnets, seats,...