In the late 1800s, men were busy trying to power a buggy without a horse. At first they tried steam, but that proved to be cumbersome. The engine was small and the steam-generated equipment large and heavy, making it impractical. Although in the early 1860s, Henry Seth Taylor from Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, built a successful steam-powered buggy.
In 1864, an Austrian Jew named Siegfried Marcus was the first to build a petro or internal combustion-powered four-wheel vehicle. This was a full 15 years
