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THE FIRST CARS

Student: Ana Nikolic, Road Traffic Dept.

Teacher: Gordana Dimkovic-Telebakovic

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

The Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Belgrade

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AUTOMOBILE

An automobile, motor car or car is a wheeled motor

vehicle used for transporting passengers,

which also carries its own engine or motor.

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CAR GENERATIONS

steam cars

electric cars

internal combustion engine

veteran era cars

brass era cars

vintage era cars

classic cars

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STEAM CARS

´ first working steam vehicle was built by Ferdinand

Verbiest in 1672 for a Chinese Emperor

´ James Watt invented the first pressurized steam

engine

´ first self-powered vehicle was designed by

Nicholas Joseph Cugnot and constructed by M.

Brezin in 1769

´ brakes, multi-speed transition and better steering 

were the main characteristics of these vehicles

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STEAM CARS

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ELECTRIC CARS

´ Ányos Jedlik invented an early type of electric

motor and a tiny model car powered by his motor

in 1828

´ Thomas Davenport invented the first American

direct current electrical motor in 1834

´ In 1838, Scotsman Robert Davidson built an

electric locomotive that attained a speed of 4

miles per hour (6 km/h)

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ELECTRIC CARS

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INTERNAL COMBUSTION 

ENGINES

´ lack of suitable fuels, earliest engines used gas

mixtures

´ ´first Marcus carµ 1870 ² first gasoline car

´ ´second Marcus carµ 1883² low-voltage ignition

system of the magneto type

´ 1885-built Benz Patent Motorwagen, the first car

to go into production with an internal combustion

engine

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INTERNAL COMBUSTION 

ENGINES

´ The first Marcus car

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INTERNAL COMBUSTION 

ENGINES

´ The second Marcus car

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INTERNAL COMBUSTION 

ENGINES

´ Benz Motorwagen

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VETERAN ERA

´ first production of cars by Karl Benz

´ mass production by 1900 in the USA and France

´ Peugeot, Oldsmobile, Ford, Renault, Cadillac

´ veteran cars use a tiller, rather than a wheel forsteering, and most operated at a single speed,

four-cylinder engine

´ frequent breakdown, no fuel, scarce roads

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VETERAN ERA

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BRASS ERA

´ from roughly 1905 through to the beginning of 

World War I in 1914

´

1908²1927 Ford Model T ³ the most widelyproduced and available car

´ 1910 Mercer Raceabout ³ regarded as one of the

first sports cars

´ 1910²1920 Bugatti Type 13 ³ a notable racing 

and touring model

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BRASS ERA

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VINTAGE CARS

´ from the end of WWI(1919), through the WallStreet Crash at the end of 1929

´ four engine cars, closed bodies, hydraulic brakes

´ 1922²1939 Austin 7 - one of the most widelycopied vehicles ever

´

1927²1931 Ford Model A - best-selling model of the era

´ 1930 Cadillac V-16 - legendary ultra-luxury car

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VINTAGE CARS

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CLASSIC CARS 

´ fenders, fully-closed bodies, saloon/sedan body

type, a trunk or boot at the rear for storage

´

independent suspension

´ high-compression engines

´ fuel injection - system for mixing fuel with air in an

internal combustion engine

´ focus on safety and design

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CLASSIC CARS 

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THE END

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SOURCES:

´ www.wikipedia.com

´ www.chevroncars.com/learn/cars/history-cars

´ www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/cars/carhist.htm

´ www.deviantart.com