industry santler
The Santler was a British car built in Malvern Link , Worcestershire , England , between 1889 and 1922 . They have a good claim to be Britain ' s first makers of petrol driven cars . A cart is a vehicle designed for ___MASK82___ , using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals . A " handcart " is pulled or pushed by one or more people . It is different from a dray or wagon , which is a heavy ___MASK82___ vehicle with " four " wheels and typically two or more horses , or a carriage , which is used exclusively for transporting humans . A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people , usually horse - drawn ; litters ( palanquins ) and sedan chairs are excluded , since they are wheelless vehicles . The carriage is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance , though some are also used to ___MASK82___ goods . It may be light , smart and fast or heavy , large and comfortable . Carriages normally have suspension using leaf springs , elliptical springs ( in the 19th century ) or leather strapping . A public passenger vehicle would not usually be called a carriage  terms for such include stagecoach , charabanc and omnibus . Working vehicles such as the ( four - wheeled ) wagon and ( two - wheeled ) cart share important parts of the history of the carriage , as does too the fast ( two - wheeled ) chariot . The ___MASK25___ is a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design , development , manufacturing , marketing , and selling of motor vehicles , some of them are called automakers . It is one of the world ' s most important economic sectors by revenue . The ___MASK25___ does not include industries dedicated to the maintenance of automobiles following delivery to the end - user , such as automobile repair shops and motor fuel filling stations . The Benz Patent - Motorwagen (" patent motorcar "), built in 1885 , is widely regarded as the world ' s first ___MASK86___ , that is , a vehicle " designed " to be propelled by an internal combustion ___MASK53___ . The original cost of the vehicle in 1885 was 600 imperial German marks , approximately 150 US dollars . The vehicle was awarded the German patent number 37435 , for which Karl Benz applied on January 29 , 1886 . Following official procedures , the date of the application became the patent date for the invention once the patent was granted , which occurred in November of that year . Karl Friedrich Benz (; November 25 , 1844  April 4 , 1929 ) was a German ___MASK53___ designer and automobile engineer . His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical motorcar . He received a patent for the Motorcar on January 29 , 1886 . A car is a wheeled , self - powered motor vehicle used for transportation and a product of the ___MASK25___ . Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads , to have seating for one to eight people , to typically have four wheels with tyres , and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods . The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car . In that year , German inventor Karl Benz built the Benz Patent - Motorwagen . Cars did not become widely available until the early 20th century . One of the first cars that was accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model T , an American car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company . Cars were rapidly adopted in the United States of America , where they replaced animal - drawn carriages and carts , but took much longer to be accepted in Western Europe and other parts of the world .