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Cars, Cars and More CArs
by Antieb Schinell
http://www.fiacar.com
Nowadays, having an car has become very common.
Most Americans have more than one car. This is due
to the great distances that many people have to cross to
go to work, school, or anywhere. So, if you own an
automobile, it would be a good idea to learn a little bit
of its history. Although it is a summary of the automobile
history, it is very interesting.
The French engineer Nicolas Joseph Cugnot was the one who
invented the first self-propelled vehicle, powered by a
steam engine, in 1769. It was a military tractor that was
used by the French Army to transport artillery. But in
1770, the same man built a three-wheeled vehicle that
weighted 4.5 tons and had wooden wheels and ironed tires.
And what is more important, it could carry four
passengers! Unfortunately, in 1771, the inventor of the
vehicle himself had a car accident and the prototype was
destroyed. However, some years later the English took up
the idea again and, until 1840, built more than 40
vehicles and tractors, also powered by a steam engine.
The first internal-combustion engine was designed by the
Belgian, Etienne Lenoir in 1860. And in 1866, the German,
Gottlieb Daimler built the first internal-combustion engine
car. daimler's first model weighted two tons but brought it
down to 90 pounds in the successive models. In 1886, Karl
Benz invented the first three-wheeled automobile with an
internal-combustion engine that people could use. In 1893,
Benz designed a four-wheeled automobile and it was Benz
that became the first automobile industry.
In the 19th century many other industries started building
better brakes and other parts and improved the cars. In
1897, Rudolph Diesel designed the first self-ignition
engine. Since Eilhard had already discovered petrol in
1883, fuel was no problem and liquid hydrocarbon was also
available. The car industry progressed very fast thereon.
The young French, Louis Renault built his first car in his
parents' garage. The American, Henry Ford designed his
self-propelled four-wheeled vehicle in 1892. In 1903, Ford
set up his own company to manufacture cars. He succeeded in
his goal to produce an efficient and affordable car, the
Ford T in 1908. His car became more popular in 1913, when
the car became even less expensive because Henry Ford
established an assembly line in his large factory at
Highland Park. Ford sold more than 150,00,000 Ford Ts in
twenty years from 1908 to 1928!
Other companies like Volkswagen, Porsche, Peugeot, Citroen
and Ferrari and others came up with new models and parts.
Thus, the journey of the car industry has been through many
cars over many years to come up to the modern automobile we
are familiar with.
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