From Carriages to Cutting-Edge A Journey Through the First Car Prototypes

The first automobiles were large and box-like, reminiscent of their transportation predecessors – the horse-drawn buggy, minus the horse. Popular was the “ ... (first posted 11/25/2014) Flight has always been a major fantasy attached to driving. Since the first cars shimmied over dirt roads and cobblestones, ... Harlow Curtice, head of GM's Buick division, had provided the chassis and design budget, and Buick's chief engineer, Charlie Chayne, was part of ... What is the source of fascination for a brand whose creative designs are internationally recognised and enthusiastically received? First, even today ― 70 years ... Several Italians recorded designs for wind driven vehicles. The first was Guido da Vigevano in 1335. It was a windmill type drive to gears and thus to wheels. The first cars had minimal safety features and were often modeled after horse-drawn carriages, lacking roofs and offering little comfort. The ... Their work is particularly impressive compared to the first cars at the turn of the century. Early car companies devoted very little time to a car's outward ... ... designs that modern engineering can devise. ... However, as internal combustion is competing with alternative power sources again, the first ... Undoubtedly, these visionaries, with their pioneering ideas and designs, have been instrumental in steering the course of transportation history ... There's a rich design history between the strictly utilitarian designs of the early 20th century and the double-take inducing designs of modern ...