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• 1769. A french inventor called Cugnot made the first self-propelled road vehicle. It was a steam propelled car which was moved with a steam piston in rotating motion.
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• 1784. Will Murdock, built a steam carriage
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• 1801. Richard Trevithick built the first functional railway steam locomotive.
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• Francois Isaac de Rivaz, a Swiss inventor, created the internal combustion engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen as fuel. Rivaz designed a car for this engine. It was the first combustion powered vehicle.
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• 1860. A German inventor, named Samuel Marcus, made an upgrade to a combustion engine so that it worked on liquid combustibles. It was the first vehicle powered by gasoline.
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• 1885. Karl Benz created the very first commercial vehicle, the Motorwagen. It was his design. It was powered by a four stroke gasoline engine.
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• 1893. Car racing was created. It was organized by a Paris Magazine. They tested the reliability of the cars in the test.
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• 1903. Henry Ford released his first model “A”. It was Ford Company´s first car
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• 1910. Companies like Delage, Auto Union, Mercedes Benz, Delehaye, and Bugatti transformed their vehicles into high powered racing machines. Racing was becoming a sport.
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• 1913. The first automotive assembly line is created.
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• 1919. Luxury cars are created. They gave the driver a sense of comfort and satisfaction for a higher price.
