Imoto yazalwa eminyakeni eyi-130 eyedlule, ngoJanuwari 29, 1886, ngokuvela kwemoto yenjini kaphethiloli kaCarl Benz yeMotorwagen.
Ngenxa yesisindo sayo emlandweni wemboni yezimoto, abaningi baphambanisa iFord Model T nemoto yokuqala emhlabeni. Kodwa iModel T kwakungeyona imoto yokuqala emhlabeni. Imoto yokuqala emhlabeni yazalwa eminyakeni eyi-130 edlule, ngoJanuwari 29, 1886 (usuku eyanikezwa ngalo ilungelo lobunikazi) futhi ibizwa ngeMotorwagen. Lena imoto enenjini kaphethiloli, kaCarl Benz.I-Motorwagen yayinenjini eyodwa-cylinder ezine-stroke ene-954cc yokufuduka futhi yakha i-0.75 hp emangalisayo ku-400 rpm. Ijubane eliphezulu belingu-16 km/h.
OKUPHATHELENE: IMercedes-Benz W123 igubha iminyaka engu-40
Kusukela ngo-2011, ilungelo lobunikazi lapho u-Carl Benz abhalisa khona i-Motorwagen beliyingxenye ye-UNESCO Memory of the World Register. Bhalisa lapho singathola khona imibhalo efana neBhayibheli likaGutenberg, iMagna Carta noma umsebenzi othi “IMisa ku-B Minor” ka-Johann Sebastian Bach. Ngokuqondene neMotorwagen, imoto iboniswa eMnyuziyamu weMercedes-Benz eStuttgart. I-museum igubha iminyaka eyishumi yasungulwa ngo-2016, njengoba yamukele izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyisikhombisa kuze kube manje.
