Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U.S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background ...

While Carl Benz is widely regarded as the inventor of the car – having registered his “vehicle with gas-engine drive” under patent number 37435 with the Berlin Patent Office in 1886 – his creation, ...