Automotive Heritage The Timeless Design of the First Car

Ferdinand would name it the 'P1' – to signify that it was the first ever Porsche-designed car. Ferdinand Porsche in the late-19th Century, arms ... The Mini caused a sensation with its design and rather small size in the late 1950s thanks to its inventor, the Englishman Alec Issigonis. Henry Ford's first vehicle rode on four bicycle wheels and was powered by a four-horsepower engine. Instead of a steering wheel, the Quadricycle had a tiller. The design of cars was influenced by the Great Depression that followed World War II. Automobile brands transitioned from Art Deco to more ... ... after Karl Benz patented the first automobile in 1886, several companies put motor vehicles on the market, see Fig. 2. The layout of the first automobiles ... Several key figures and companies played significant roles in the birth of the automobile. Karl Benz is often credited with creating the first true automobile ... General Motors had “Women Designers” as far back as the 1950's but they dealt mostly with fabrics and colors and not until 1982 was a car ... The Benz patent motor car Victoria is the first vehicle with the double-pivot steering for which Carl Benz filed a patent in 1893. First, let us return to the theoretical framework about markets. Designing the safe car is a story about reframing the automobile market. In this social process ... A Frenchman named Etienne Lenoir patented the first practical gas engine in Paris in 1860 and drove a car based on the design from Paris to Joinville in 1862.