Marcus, developed petrol-powered, internal combustion engine vehicles (1864? 1870? 1888) Wilhelm Maybach, designed engines starting in the 1870s–80s; first motorbike (1885), second internal combustion car (1889) Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer, pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development (1870s and on) Notes References External links Patent 37435, by Karl Benz for his 1885 Motorwagon The birth certificate of the automobile - the German patent application of January 29, 1886, that was granted on November 2, 1886 to Benz & Company in Mannheim Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz, Ladenburg (Heidelberg) John H. Lienhard on Bertha Benz's ride Patent-Motorwagen First car made by manufacturer Three-wheeled motor vehicles 1880s cars 1890s cars German inventions Vehicles introduced in 1886 Cars introduced in 1886 1886 in Germany