Gottlieb Daimler, predestined baker invented the modern car - World Motors. The first public run took place on 3 July of that year thanks to a vertical cylinder engine designed by Daimer.
Between 1886 and 1888, Daimlers tested his new engine in boats, airplanes, fire engines and rail vehicles, kickstarting the automobile race that occurred throughout Europe in the early twentieth century. The son of a baker from the Swabian village of Schondorf, he perfected his passion for machine building by studying at the Stuttgart Polytechnic.