Innovation on Wheels The Design Story of the First Automobile

... 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 ... As can be seen in the graphic to the left, Bertone was a force in wedge car designs and particularly on wedge cars that reached production. The image on the ... I wish that car manufacturers reissued their cars. I'd love to buy a 50's or 60's designed car with modern technology in it. 1904 Curved Dash Oldsmobile: First Mass Produced Car • 1904 ... First Ever Audrain's Newport Concours and Motor Week - Jay Leno's Garage. Although Carl Benz made the first internal-combustion car in 1885, Germany lagged behind the rest of Europe in output. Rybczynski notes ... The Alfa Romeo 158 was designed for the 1938 Grand Prix season and had already won eighteen races before the first Formula One race took place. Racing then ... On spec, it doesn't look more impressive than Morrison's 1893 World's Fair “car,” but it won a 25-mile race for electric vehicles at a Berlin ... Carl Benz invented the very first car in 1885. At the time another German Gottlieb Daimler was also developing cars and other motor vehicles. ( ... Crude ideas and designs of automobiles can be traced back to ancient and medieval times. In 1649, Hans Hautsch of Nuremberg built a clockwork-driven carriage. It was constructed of steel tubing with woodwork panels. The steel-spoked wheels and solid rubber tires were Benz's own design. Steering was by way of a toothed ...