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mrerick · 02-28-2014, 10:17 AM

If we're talking absolutes here... the first automobile was 1885, was made by Carl Benz in Germany:

http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-132...0-0-0-0-0.html

I actually saw this vehicle on a trip to Stuttgart several years ago. It's on display at the Mercedes Benz museum there... It was still running, and running well. While I was there, it was taken off the display platform, and a VIP was given a ride in it.

Since the first Luger came about 10 years later, looks like the car came first!!! That's also my personal case. My first car was a 1967 Plymouth Fury III station wagon. It was a land yacht, with 440 carb and about 7 mpg.

Marc

02-28-2014, 10:17 AM	#18
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,919 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	If we're talking absolutes here... the first automobile was 1885, was made by Carl Benz in Germany: http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-132...0-0-0-0-0.html I actually saw this vehicle on a trip to Stuttgart several years ago. It's on display at the Mercedes Benz museum there... It was still running, and running well. While I was there, it was taken off the display platform, and a VIP was given a ride in it. Since the first Luger came about 10 years later, looks like the car came first!!! That's also my personal case. My first car was a 1967 Plymouth Fury III station wagon. It was a land yacht, with 440 carb and about 7 mpg. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.