Technological innovation is nothing new to the brand with the three-pointed star. Ever since Karl Benz drove his Patent Motorwagen for the first time more than 130 years ago, Mercedes-Benz has ...

Karl Benz filed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle driven by a gasoline engine in Mannheim, Germany, on that day in 1886, the same year Gottlieb Daimler completed his motorized carriage in ...

Shortly before the iconic Ford Model T, there was the the Oldsmobile Model R. It also received the "Curved Dash" nickname, ...

Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner, believed in her husband’s invention. She had been there since the beginning, and provided much of the funding for it along the way.

From the first drive that Karl Benz took on his Patent Motorwagen in 1886, the brand has frequently been the first to introduce new technologies to the auto industry including diesel, direct ...

A guy named Karl Benz recently filed a patent for this here contraption, something he's calling a "Motorwagen." Read about the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen in this first drive article brought to ...

Stories about Karl Benz - June 2nd 2024Bertha Benz and The World’s First Long Distance Drive 9 Sep 2018, 07:09 UTC &middot By: Daniel Patrascu / In 1888, the wife of Karl Benz, Bertha, took her ...

Without her, Karl Benz would have spent the rest of his life obsessively trying to get that motor up from 2/3 HP to a massive 7/8 HP. Thanks, Bertha.

The 1932 Talbot 105 was, as far as I can tell, the first car that came with factory installed turn signals. Only 330 were ...

Karl Benz News from United Press International.In 1970, renowned Japanese writer Yukio Mishima killed himself after failing to win public support for his often extreme political beliefs.