When Carl Benz submitted his patent application for a three-wheeled gas-powered vehicle to the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin on January 29, 1886, it caused an unprecedented sensation! The Benz Patent Motorwagen's patent specification is regarded as the inception document of the car revolution. The Motorwagen, a classic vehicle with average fuel economy, sadly did not have a driver's manual. If there had been one, it most likely would have said something along the lines of: "To start the engine, vigorously turn the flywheel at the back, having already engaged the ignition using the switch under the seat and managed the air supply for the engine using the hand wheel.