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Karl Benz in his Benz motor car, 1886. On 3rd July 1886 Benz showed the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine, a car that he had designed and built himself. It was originally a three wheeled car, as can be seen in the image. The fourth wheel was added in 1893. His company Benz and Co. manufactured both of these cars.