The History of Cars

History of the Automobile

Period: Jan 1, 1769 to Jan 26, 2015

cars history

The First Steam Powered Automobile/ FIrst Automobile

Jan 1, 1776

Creator Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

First Combustion Engine Automobile

Jan 1, 1807

First Combustion Engine created by François Isaac de Rivaz

The First Petrol Car

Jan 26, 1886

The creator Karl Benz

Audi's First Race car

Jan 1, 1939

Auto Union Type D

First Ferrari 125s

Jan 1, 1947

Ferrari

First Mass Produced Car to go 200mph+

Jan 1, 1987

Ferrari F40. Last car to be approved by Enzo Ferrari.

Electric Automobile

Jan 1, 2008

Tesla Roadster