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The first car, Karl Benz's Patent Motor Car, hits the road

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By:
David Phillips
July 03, 2018 05:00 AM

The first car, Karl Benz's Patent Motor Car, hits the street publicly on July 3, 1886, on the Ringstrasse in Mannheim, Germany.

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