Made in Germany: History of the German Car Industry
1887 – Daimler sets up a rival to Benz
Around the same time when the first Benz engine was designed, another inventor named Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was also working on a similar type of engine that runs on gasoline. He also built a car and started his own motor company, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, in 1887.