Joseph Cugnot's steam wagon, the second (1771) version

1875 Siegfried Marcus's car model

four-cycle, gasoline-powered engine, an ingenious carburetor design and magneto ignition.

1864 Siegfried Marcus's gasoline powered combustion engine

1807 François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen.

The 1807 charette of de Rivaz. A = Cylinder, B = Spark ignition, C = Piston, D = Balloon containing hydrogen fuel, E = Ratchet, F = Opposed piston with air in and exhaust out valves, G = Handle for working opposed piston.

first car model

The design of the Cugnot Steam Trolley (Jonathan Holguinisburg) (1769)