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An automobile , or motor car , is defined as a vehicle with wheels ____________________ has its own engine or motor and ____________________ is used mainly for transporting passengers . The invention of the automobile goes back to 1886 , when the German inventor Karl Benz , ____________________ is generally regarded as the inventor of the first modern automobile , introduced the Motorwagen to the public . Motorized vehicles soon started to replace animal - powered carriages , ____________________ had for centuries been the main form of long - distance transport . The first affordable automobile ____________________ sold in large numbers was the Model T , ____________________ was introduced in the USA in 1908 and ____________________ was produced by Henry Ford , ____________________ Ford Motor Company had been founded in 1903 . Many other automobile manufacturers soon began producing vehicles in the same way as Ford , and by the 1930s there were hundreds of different automobile companies around the world .