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The history of the car is marked by the evolution of the self-propelled carriage to the concept of the vehicle as it is understood today, which took place between 1885 and 1887, a period in which Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler sold their first cars, which offered acceptable performance.
The evolution of the car over time: the modern car concept
In parallel, French engineers and inventors built steam vehicles of optimum quality and efficient performance.
The most important milestone for the consolidation and evolution of the car was in 1889, when two Gallic engineers, René Panhard and Émile Levassor, discovered the Daimler engine at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. Both requested the rights to use their design, and a year later they obtained it.