Rubbish. The first gasoline-powered automobile was created by Karl Benz in Germany in 1885. An American is not credited for creating an automobile until George Selden in 1886.
[EDIT]Corrected the date which made me look somewhat foolish :lol:[/EDIT]
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moto
Yup, but the first "automobile" created for the "mass-market", was the Model T. It should also be pointed out that Americans had the first "public roadways" for automobiles. ;P I think we refer to those as "Freeways" and "highways" now. :-P