The world marks the 125th anniversary of the invention of the automobile on Jan. 29. Karl Benz filed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle driven by a gasoline engine in Mannheim, Germany, on that ...

ON March 17 the centenary occurs of the birth of Gottlieb Daimler, the distinguished German engineer, to whom we owe the introduction of the light high-speed spirit engine suitable for road vehicles.

On April 3, 1885, history was set in motion. Gottlieb Daimler was granted a patent for his grandfather clock engine design, kicking off what would be one of the world’s first motorcycles.

This pioneer of the internal combustion engine founded automobile industries in 3 countries, made engines for cars, boats, trams and airships. He also innovated four-wheel drive cars. Daimler was ...

Meanwhile Benz, now a father of five, lived long enough to see the impact of his invention on the world. In 1926 his firm joined forces with the Daimler company to form Daimler-Benz.

Daimler traces its roots to Germans Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. The Library of Congress and other histories credit Benz with the first internal combustion-powered car, a three-wheeler, in 1885.

The FINANCIAL — 125 years after Carl Benz filed his “Vehicle with gas engine drive” under Patent number 37435 at the Berlin Patent Office in 1886, Daimler AG is celebrating the motor car’s ...

Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach and Carl Benz are among those who have granted their names to the house of The Three-Pointed Star. The name the world knows best, Mercedes, is also an eponym but ...

Many think it was Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz of Daimler-Benz fame. But it wasn't. Apparently, the first vehicle to even be considered a car was a military invention created in France in the ...

Daimler is set to commemorate a milestone. It’s been 125 years since Carl Benz filed a patent for a motorcar, and Daimler CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche was interviewed for his perspective on the ...

Gottlieb Daimler’s motorized carriage was the world’s first four-wheeled automobile. It was a conventional carriage into which Daimler and Maybach installed their small high-speed engine.