A biography of the German engineer and inventor who pioneered in building motor-driven vehicles.

“ ... My excuse for writing this book is a desire to ventilate certain facts in relation to the early work of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler of which the public is largely ignorant.

Life and work of Carl Benz, who built the first motor car in kthe 1880's.

Many men had tried to invent a "horseless carriage.

From the earliest workshop days to the grandest marque in the automotive world, the story of one of the most important enterprises of the twentieth century comes alive in this complete history.

Daimler-Benz (now DaimlerChrysler) has its roots in the early experimentation with the use of the internal combustion engine by three men: Carl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, and William Maybach.

Carl Friedrich Benz war ein deutscher Ingenieur und Automobilpionier. Sein Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nummer 1 von 1885 gilt als erstes modernes Automobil. Dies sind seine Erinnerungen, aufgezeichnet in einer detaillierten Autobiographie.