It's common knowledge that the oldest gasoline-powered internal combustion automobile is a German one, the 1885 Benz Patent-Motorwagen. That's all great, but if you want to drive it, you better head ...

Born May 12, 1933 in Mannheim, Germany, died May 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. He is survived by his only sibling, Renate Colvin (Benz); daughters, Erica and Kara Benz; granddaughter, Kaylee; ...

If you go back, way back, before Ferrari and Lamborghini, before Honda and Toyota, before even Ford and GM, there was Mercedes-Benz. Well, Benz. In 1886, Karl Benz created what's considered by most as ...

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 Daimler ...

To German Autobuilder Karl Benz’s tiny plant one day in 1902 came Austria-Hungary’s wealthy Consul General Emile Jellinek. He promised to order 30 of Benz’s famous racers to enter in the Nice road ...