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- NAME: Karl Benz
- OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor
- BIRTH DATE: November 25, 1844
- DEATH DATE: April 04, 1929
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Karlsruhe, Germany
- PLACE OF DEATH: Ladenburg, Germany
- Full Name: Karl Friedrich Benz
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German mechanical engineer Karl Benz designed and built the first practical automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine.
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Karl Benz was born November 25, 1844 in Germany. A mechanical engineer, he designed and built the first practical car powered by an internal-combustion engine. The original car, his three-wheeled Motorwagen, first ran in 1885. His company produced its first four-wheeled car in 1893 and the first of its series of racing cars in 1899. He left the company in 1906 to form another group with his sons.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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