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Nicolas Cugnot a French inventor built a steam powered car in 1769. It is actually rumoured that an Italian priest, Ferdinand Verbiest, may have built the first steam powered automobile as early as 1672.
Benz built a three-wheeled car using an internal combustion engine in 1885 and was selling them by 1887 and a 4 wheel version 4 years later.
With regards to George Brayton, he may or may not have invented the internal combustion engine before Benz, however history recognises inventors by the date of their patents and his wasnt granted till 1895. This is the reason that Thomas Edison still gets the credit for inventing the incandescent light bulb even though he was beaten to it by others.
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lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Thu 26 Feb 2009, 0:28,
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