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Who invented the first motor car who was he and when did do it?

Karl Benz is widely regarded as the inventor of the first practical motor car. He was a German engineer who designed and built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1885. The Patent-Motorwagen was the first internal combustion engine-powered automobile that could be steered and controlled. It was powered by a four-stroke gasoline engine and could reach a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph). Benz's invention laid the foundation for the development of the modern automobile industry.