This is the first car designed,built and patented by Karl Benz in 1886,the Benz Patent-Motorwagen is universally revognized as the first internal combustion automobile. In 1926, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler would join forces and companies, creating Daimler-Benz, later Mercedes-Benz. And if you are wondering how fast can the first car go?mechanical engineer Karl Benz drove the first automobile in Mannheim, Germany, reaching a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph). The automobile was powered by a 0.75-hp one-cylinder four-stroke gasoline engine.
And Now if you are asking who bought the first Car?, it wasn't a Ford. It was a Winton and was bought by Robert Allison who lived in the small town of Port Carbon outside of Pottsville, PA. Alexander Winton owned a bicycle factory in Cleveland, Ohio. Robert Allison was 71 years old at the time and the car was purchased on April 1, 1898, for $1,000