Not many know the story of Bertha Benz, who stole her husband's automobile invention and drove it cross country, changing ...

On January 29, 1886, a German engineer named Karl Benz changed the world forever. He filed a patent for his gas-engine-powered vehicle, which we now know as the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, and this was ...

The origins of Mercedes-Benz go back as far as those of the car itself. The company’s history can be traced back to, among others, German engineer Karl Benz, widely considered to be responsible for ...

There's a reason people love Benz so much. The main one is that they've been in the personal vehicle game since 1885, when Karl Benz sparked the Patent-Motorwagen. In 1986, these babies hit the ...

The first car ever made was German — the 1885 Benz Patent-Motorwagen — and in the subsequent 140 years German companies have made innumerable incredible cars. Earlier this week I asked our readers to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mercedes-Benz isn’t just a legendary luxury automaker—it’s the original automaker. Modern-day Mercedes can trace its roots back to ...