When Was The Automobile Invented?

The automobile was invented by Karl Benz in 1885. It was invented in Germany and was powered by Otto gasoline engine. It was granted a patent in Mannheim dated January of 1886.

Benz built improved versions in 1886 and 1887. He went into production in 1888 known to be the world's first automobile production. Significant suggestions for innovation were made by his wife Bertha. He included these suggestions in the model. The automobile was powered by four stroke engines which again, were designed by him.

Since 1920's marketing plans have greatly influenced automobile design because all the cars have been produced to meet market needs. The idea of establishing different makes of cars produced by a single firm was brought about by Alfred P. Sloan. He believed that the buyers could move up with different makes as their individual fortunes improved. The different makes later started sharing parts with each other to reduce the production costs. For example Chevrolet shared hoods, roof etc with Pontiac and vice versa. This considerably brought down the production costs.

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