Innovation on Wheels The Design that Shaped the First Car

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. 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 ... The first car was built in 1885 by a German engineer named Karl Benz. Benz's car, called the Motorwagen, was a three-wheeled vehicle that was powered by a ... What was the first motor car to run on the British Highway? Although the original Benz car (a three-wheeled vehicle, the Motorwagen, now preserved in Munich) first ran early in 1885, its design was ... The design of cars was influenced by the Great Depression that followed World War II. Automobile brands transitioned from Art Deco to more ... The process has been completed in as little as a year for re-designs of existing vehicles to decades for some new, very advanced concepts. Most designs take 3-5 ... 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 ... While the world celebrates Karl Benz for making the first gas-powered vehicle ever, many argue that Karl Benz was not actually the first to ... In the first of a monthly column on automotive design, Gautam Sen and Avik Chattopadhyay trace the earliest inventions, from da Vinci's ...