The Architect of Automotive Aesthetics Unveiling the Design of the First Car

General Motor's 1927 La Salle was the first mass-produced car to be styled by a professional designer. It had a solid enclosure, roof, and doors ... The first decade was characterised by a number of developments that would become standard features of modern cars. The decade saw the ... Carl Benz's first motor carriage was a lousy alternative to a horse in the 1880s, but it helped kickstart the automobile's profound advancement since. Ever since Karl Benz created the first three-wheeled motor car in 1886 (largely considered the first true automobile), car designs have ... Karl Benz patented the three-wheeled Motor Car, known as the "Motorwagen," in 1886. It was the first true, modern automobile. The evolution of cars has gone through a tremendous transformation over the years, from simple, boxy designs to sleek, aerodynamic forms. In 1910, the Mercer Raceabout hit the road as one of the very first sports cars, and the Bugatti Type 13 from 1910-20 was an enviable racing/ ... Benz ran his first car in 1885, Daimler in 1886. Although there is no reason to believe that Benz had ever seen a motor vehicle before he made ... 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. The world was introduced with automobiles only in the late 19th century. At that time, the car design was inspired by a horse carriage and was focused on ...