Who designed the first road steam engine?

WRONG ANSWER Ferdinand Verbiest is suggested to have built what may have been the first steam powered car in about 1672, but very little concrete information on this is known to exist. Your own explanation states ( It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built.) Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's "machine à feu pour le transport de wagons et surtout de l'artillerie" ("fire engine for transporting wagons and especially artillery") was built from 1769 in two versions for use by the French Army. This was the first steam wagon that was not a toy, and that was known to exist. This needs to be corrected and points properly distributed.

Sir Isaac Newton was the first on paper but that was also only a toy. The first would have been Cugnot for his artillery carrier. You asked for the first road steam engine and then give the answer is a toy. Richard Trevithick is considered the father of the automobile. A very good book on this subject is men of invention

Not according to the research I have seen. And NO supporting reference link. I call BS.

Which was never even built!! It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built at the time, although he had access to China's finest metal-working craftsmen who were constructing precision astronomical instruments for him. Sorry for possting 3 separate items. But this question is so wrong ... P.S.: I just "designed" a rocket ship that can carry you from Earth to Mars in 36 seconds.

Wrong guess, but why if I hit the 4th choice, the 1st one turns green?

Most likely that's not an answer

Ridiculous answer

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's "machine à feu pour le transport de wagons et surtout de l'artillerie" ("fire engine for transporting wagons and especially artillery") was built from 1769 in two versions for use by the French Army. This was the first steam wagon that was not a toy, and that was known to exist.

That answer is not consistent with the question. It was a toy, not a road worthy car.

That answer is wrong and that does not even come close to the real answer. it was N.J. Cugnot....

There is a lot of doubt whether Verbiest actually built it and if it ever worked. Trevithick built the first road version steam powered vehicle, while Cugnot built a "fire wagon"before that.

Not a good question as their answer is ambiguous at best. Key words ROAD CAR, not toy or model.

Cheesy question.

No clue

In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. He used a steam engine to power his vehicle, which was built under his instructions at the Paris Arsenal.

If we're going to talk models it goes back much earlier than that.

Got it

About time I got one right

I agree with all of the complaints, Cugnot is the correct answer!!!