The history of the automobile begins as early as 1769, with the creation of steam engined automobiles capable of human transport.

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HISTORYOFTHEAUTOMOBILE
TheHistoryoftheAutomobilebeginsasearlyas1769,withthecreationofsteamenginedautomobilescapableofhumantransport.
Carsthatarepoweredbyelectricpowerbrieflyappearedattheturnofthe20thcenturybutlargelydisappearedfromuseuntiltheturn
ofthe21stcentury.Theearlyhistoryoftheautomobilecanbedevidedintoanumberoferas,basedontheprevalentmeansof
propulsion.Laterperiodsweredefinedbytrendsinexteriorstyling,sizeandutilityperferences.
#ERASOFINVENTION
EarlyAutomobiles
VeteranEraStarted...
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ModernEraStarted...
FerdinandVerbiest,builtthefirst
steampoweredvehicle.
FerdinandVerbiest,builtthefirst
steampoweredvehicle.
Thefirstproductionof
automobilewasbyKarlBezin
germany,underlicense
fromBENZ.
CharlesandFrankDuryeafounded
DuryeaMotorWagonCompany.
ThefirstmotorcarinCentralEurope
wasproducedbyCZECHcompany
NesselsdorferWagenbau.
ThefirstSoutheAmericanAutomobilewas
builtinPeru,theGrieve.
TheAustin7wasoneofthemostwidely
copiedvehicleever,servingasa
templateforcarsaroundtheworld,from
BMWtoNissan.
Sources:
Statisticsarecompiledfromthecrediblesourcesmentioned.Inreality,statisticsarehardto
ascertainandmaybeestimatedbylocalandregionalworldwidesources.
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TheBugattiType35-wasoneofthemost
successfulracingcarsofalltime,with
over1,000victoriesin5years.
JaguarE-type—asportscatthat
combinedgoodlooks,highperformance.
FordMustang—theponycarthat
becameoneofthebest-selling
carsoftheera
ToyotaPriuslaunchedinthe
Japanesemarketandhasnowbecome
thebestknownhybridelectricvehicle.
FordFocusoneofthemostpopular
hatchbacksandFord'sbest
sellingworldcar.
TataNanoaninexpensive($2200),
rear-engined,four-passenger
citycaraimedprimarilyatthe
Indiandomesticmarket
NissanLeafall-electriccarand
plug-inhybridcorrespondingly,
launchedintheU.S
TeslaRoadsterthefirsthighway-capableall-electric
vehicleinserialproductionforsaleintheU.S.inthemodernera
MorrisMinor–apopular
andtypicalearlypost-warcar
exportedaroundtheworld
Rolls-RoycePhantomIII—V12
enginedpinnacleofpre-warengineering
VolkswagenBeetle—adesign
thatwasproducedforover
60yearswithover20millionunits
assembledinseveralcounties,awardedfourth
placeasCarofthe20thCentury
AlvisSpeed20—
thefirstwithall-synchromeshgearbox.
LanciaLambda—veryadvancedcar
forthetime,firstcartofeature
aload-bearing
monocoque-typebodyand
independentfrontsuspension.
FordModelT—themostwidely
producedandavailable4-seater
caroftheera.
Hanomag2/10PS-earlyexample
ofpontonstyling.
BugattiType13—
anotableracingandtouringmodel
withadvancedengineeringanddesign.
MercerRaceabout—regardedasoneofthe
firstsportscars.
MorganRunabout-averypopular
cyclecar,cyclecars
weresoldinfargreaterquantitiesthan
4-seatercarsinthisperiod
FordModelT—themost
widelyproduced
andavailable
4-seatercaroftheera.
Akron,adoptedthe
firstSelf-PropelledPaddyWagon.
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