Kare muna 1873, mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi 19, murungu Robert Davidson akagadzira mota yemagetsi yekutanga pasi rose. Izvi zvanga zvichipfuura makore gumi motokari dzakagadzirwa nepeturu{3}}dzisati dzagadzirwa nevaGerman Gottlieb Daimler naKarl Benz.
Mota yemagetsi yaDavidson yaive rori inotakura zvinhu, 4800mm kureba uye 1800mm yakafara, yaifambiswa nebhatiri rekutanga rine iron, zinc, uye mercury alloy ichiita nesulfuric acid. Zvadaro, kutanga muna 1880, mabhatiri echipiri anochajiswa akashandiswa. Shanduko kubva kumabhatiri ekutanga kuenda echipiri yakaratidza budiriro yakakosha yetekinoroji yemotokari dzemagetsi panguva iyoyo, ichiwedzera zvakanyanya kudiwa. Pakazosvika chikamu chechipiri chezana remakore rechi19, motokari dzemagetsi dzakanga dzave chinhu chikuru chekufambisa, zvichiratidza chitsauko chakakosha munhoroondo yekufambisa. Pakazosvika 1890, mabhazi emagetsi akanga ava kufamba mumigwagwa yeFrance neLondon. Panguva iyoyo, tekinoroji yeinjini yekupisa mukati yaive kumashure, zvichikonzera kupfupika, kuparara kazhinji, uye kugadzirisa kwakaoma. Mota dzemagetsi, zvisinei, dzakapa zvakanakira senge nyore kugadzirisa.
MuEurope neUnited States, motokari dzemagetsi dzakasvika pakakwirira mukupera kwezana remakore rechi19. Muna 1899, Frenchman Caument Guinet akaisa rekodhi re106 km/h mumashure{{4}vhiri-dhiraivha mota yemagetsi inofambiswa ne44kW dual electric motors.
Muna 1900, pakati pemotokari dzakagadzirwa kuUnited States, 15,755 dzaive dzemagetsi, 1,684 dzaifambiswa nemhepo-, uye 936 chete ndidzo dzaifambiswa nepeturu{7}. Tichipinda muzana remakore rechi20, nekufambira mberi kuri kuitwa tekinoroji yeinjini inobatidza moto, Ford Motor Company yakaunza Model T muna 1908. Kugadzirwa kwakawanda kwemota dzinofambiswa nepeturu{11}pamitsetse yakakonzera kukurumbira kukuru{12}dzimotokari dzine magetsi. Naizvozvo, mota dzine simba{{14}nemagetsi emagetsi, nekuda kwekutadza kushanda kwadzo nehupfumi, dzakabviswa nehutsinye nekufamba kwenguva, asi dzekupedzisira dzakaramba.