On this day in 1886 Karl Benz patented the first internal combustion engine on a motor car. The engine had been in development throughout 1885, and the first ever motor car was available for sale ...

The boxer engine design dates back to the late 1880s when Karl Benz (yes, the same Benz recognized as the inventor of the first ever car) developed the Contra engine. The Benz Contra was a ...

This Womens Day, discover how Bertha Benz ensured we got to see the first ever motor car and how her historic 1888 road trip ...

The first practical ... two-stroke engine and transmitted to the rear axle by a pair of chains. He didn’t think it was ready for the road, and he was mostly right. Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife ...

Clean air rules were designed to protect the environment from harmful car emissions, but they had a surprising secondary ...