What cars were built before ford?

What cars were built before ford? - 1

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen (or motorcar), built in 1886, is widely regarded as the first automobile; that is, a vehicle designed to be propelled by an internal combustion engine. The original cost of the vehicle in 1885 was $1,000 (equivalent to $26,248 in 2015).

The vehicle was awarded the German patent, number 37435, for which Karl Benz applied on January 29, 1886. Following official procedures, the date of the application became the patent date for the invention once the patent was granted, which occurred in November of that year.

Although Benz's wife, Bertha, financed the development process, and would hold patent rights under modern law, as a married woman she was not allowed to apply for the patent.[1]

Benz officially unveiled his invention to the public on July 3, 1886, on the Ringstrasse in Mannheim.

About 25 Patent Motorwagens were built between 1886 and 1893.

Hi mostly french De DIONS and Rolls Royce in the united kingdom. Henry Ford came on the scenic later in the day with his mass produced model T.

Depends on your definition of "car". There were 3-wheeled steam powered contraptions a couple decades before Ford.

Note: Henry Ford did not invent the automobile by any means. All Ford did was invent the assembly line(mass production) that made the automobile affordable and popular.

Quite a few of them.

Henry Ford did not invent the car. He only invented automobile mass production. Before Ford, vehicles were largely hand-built and were not affordable to most people.

Google "history of the motor vehicle" There were many before Ford

Very expensive one off cars that only rich people could afford

Many
Of the US brands, Olds for one

Before Mr Ford starting building cars, most every one was hand-built one at a time, & many had a chassis built by one company & the body was built by another. So there were a lot of very small 'car makers'. Don't even know where to look for some sort of a list of who may have been calling themselves car builders back then.