Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz

125 years ago, the Germans Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz invented the automobile.

Henry Ford

Henry Ford invents the automobile, a machine that revolutionises both crime and law enforcement; New York (1903-1904) fingerprints as a means of identifying criminals comes into use; Chicago (1904) thrill-killers Leopold and Loeb are convicted in a sensational case dubbed the first 'trial of the century'; a 12-hour plea by their lawyer, Clarence Darrow, saves their lives; Clyde Champion Barrow (1909-1934) and Bonnie Parker (1911-1934)

Carl Benz

In 1886, Carl Benz took the horse away from the carriage, inventing the first automobile that could run on a different type of horsepower.

a man called Karl Benz

Once upon a time, in the latter part of the 1800s, a man called Karl Benz invented the automobile.

Karl Benz (a German engineer)

More than a century later, Karl Benz (a German engineer) invented the modern automobile in 1886.

Ford

We like stories in which a genius single-handedly changed the world: Edison invented the electric light; Ford invented the automobile -- neither is quite the case.

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz invented the automobile in 1886-and in 1895 produced the first car ever built on a production line.