The first truck ever powered by internal combustion was designed and built in 1896 by Gottlieb Daimler of Germany. It looked like a rear-engine hay wagon. The first American pickup trucks were ...

The pioneers of the automobile industry at the end of the 19th century were Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz with Benz patenting what is widely viewed as the first automobile. Mercedes-Benz is a ...