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A brief history of the automobile

Published by Robert Thomson | November 23rd 2008 | Views:

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There are many definitions of the car. Some said steam-powered coaches are cars and others, like Daimler-Benz (makers of Mercedes Benz) say that cars are light carriages for personal transport with three or four wheels, powered by a liquid-fueled interior combustion engine. Depending on your definition of a car, the automobile could have been invented by any number of scientists at any number of dates.

The earliest data of a self-propelled vehicle came from Leonardo da Vinciwho toyed with the idea in the 15th century. He designed and drew several models in his plans, but he didn’t actually build a car. The steam engine was considered to be invented by James Watt in 1765 and was perfected by both English and French scientists over the next century.

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, William Murdoch and Richard Trevithick all have invented steam-powered cars that are so enormous and heavy that they required a fully flat surface to move on. In fact, iron rails were installed on roads in Paris and London for the next 120 years just to accommodate the automobiles, which were really|mainly a different versions of trains.

Cars planned during the Steam Era were unusual and fantastically bizarre. In the United States, Oliver Evans invented an amphibious vehicle that can journey on wheels and on water with the help of a paddle wheel. Ivan Kulibin of Russia planned a car with modern day features such as flywheels, brakes and a gear box. Oddly enoulusively for the sole goal of making cars. The Duryea brothers (Frank and Charles) were the first automobile manufacturers in the United States, and they were rapidly followed by Ford and Winton.

A special mention should be said about Henry Ford. Differing from popular belief, he didn’t actually built cars. He perfected the structure of manufacturing cars, by making improvements to the production line. He used one employee for one chore and had an ingenious method of dropping the car’s body on its wheels. He also added advanced features such as the car radio after getting the idea from private jets.

There were different eras to the automobile’s history. And each brought different improvements to the car. In the Vintage Era, interior combustion engines and the overhead cam engines were adapted. A main example of this is the Austin 7. During the Pre-War Era, fully-closed models were produced for the first time and trunks were added. The post War Era gave birth to cars which have more resemblance to modern automobiles. Arty and shiny cars, like the Mini Cooper, have left a memorable imprint on automobile history.

Whether you’re driving a luxury car, a sedan or a piece of junk that can hardly be called a car, it’s a pleasant feeling to know how far the car has evolved from being steam-powered coaches to modern practical vehicles.
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