Engineering Marvel The Design Legacy of the First Automobile

This model, based on sketches drawn by Leonardo, is considered by some to be the world's first self-propelled wagon. Giuseppe Cacace/Getty ... The Benz patent motor car Victoria is the first vehicle with the double-pivot steering for which Carl Benz filed a patent in 1893. While the original Benz Patent Motorwagen was a three-wheeled conveyance that looked exactly like a horse buggy of the time, with the horse ... One of the first significant developments in car design came in the 1920s and 1930s with the introduction of streamlining. For a few centuries there were different variations of steam powered vehicles that were early prototypes for the modern car, but the first ... The first vehicles were an intuitive progression from horse-drawn carriages and bicycles. They had a steering device, gas-powered engine and a ... Ever since Karl Benz created the first three-wheeled motor car in 1886 (largely considered the first true automobile), car designs have ... Karl Benz invented the first gas-powered car and received a patent for it in 1886. Benz's first car had three wheels, looked like an ... The time lapse between the first BMC Mini and when front-wheel drive with transverse engines became the norm was significantly greater than the time lapse ... It was the first time an internal combustion engine automobile had been driven over a significant distance. As a result it attracted plenty of ...