{"id":7757,"date":"2021-09-17T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tt-blogs.dealerfire.com\/arrowheadmb\/?p=7757"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:57:00","slug":"did-mercedes-benz-make-the-first-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arrowheadmb.com\/blog\/did-mercedes-benz-make-the-first-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Mercedes-Benz make the first car?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mercedes-Benz History: Did They Really Make the First Car?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here at Mercedes-Benz of Arrowhead in Peoria, AZ, we have the privilege of selling cars from one of the most historic automakers in the world. Those may just sound like flowery marketing words, but they\u2019re true. Mercedes-Benz can make a claim that no other automaker can\u2026 So, did Mercedes-Benz make the first car?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, Mercedes-Benz made the first automobile. Let\u2019s take a trip back in time and see what it was all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The Patent Motor Car<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On January 29th<\/sup>, 1886, Carl Benz\u2014the man from whom half of the Mercedes-Benz company gets its name\u2014filed a patent in Berlin, Germany, for what he called the Patent Motor Car. It was a three-wheel carriage designed from the ground up to be powered by an internal combustion engine, the same type of engine most cars use today. This patent changed the world in a very literal sense, ushering in an age where anyone able to purchase a car has the freedom to go where they please, whenever they please. As such, the patent has been added to the UNESCO World Documentary Heritage archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n