Automobiles

  • the first steam-powered automobile

    the first steam-powered automobile
    built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot.[1]
  • first gasoline powered combustion engine

    first gasoline powered combustion engine
    placed on a pushcart, building four progressively more sophisticated combustion-engine cars over a 10-to-15-year span that influenced later cars.
  • first gasoline powered automobile

    first gasoline powered automobile
    This is also considered to be the first "production" vehicle as Karl Benz made several other identical copies.
  • front-engined car

    standardised controls becoming the norm.
  • close bodied cars

    by 1929, 90% were closed.
  • Cadillac V-16

    Cadillac V-16
    developed at the height of the vintage era, the V16-powered Cadillac would join Bugatti's Royale as the most legendary ultra-luxury cars of the era.
  • Volkswagen Beetle

    Volkswagen Beetle
    a design that was produced for over 60 years with over 20 million units assembled in several counties
  • Alvis Speed 20

    Alvis Speed 20
    the first with all-synchromesh gearbox
  • GAZ-M20 Pobeda

    GAZ-M20 Pobeda
    Soviet car with full ponton design
  • ford mustang

    ford mustang
    the pony car that became one of the best-selling cars of the era, still manufactured today
  • Morris Minor

    Morris Minor
    an early post-war car exported around the world