<Li> 1884: British engineer Edward Butler constructed the first petrol (gasoline) internal combustion engine . Butler invented the spark plug, ignition magneto, coil ignition and spray jet carburetor, and was the first to use the word petrol . </Li> <Li> 1885: German engineer Gottlieb Daimler received a German patent for a supercharger </Li> <Li> 1885 / 1886 Karl Benz designed and built his own four - stroke engine that was used in his automobile, which was developed in 1885, patented in 1886, and became the first automobile in series production . </Li> <Li> 1887: Gustaf de Laval introduces the de Laval nozzle </Li>

Who invented the first internal combustion engine car