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Inventor, Karl Benz, creates the first motor car. He called it the Benz Pantent-Motorwagon.
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Michelin made the fire pneumatic car tire, which is a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with air.
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Henry Ford opens the company and sells 1,700 cars in the first year of business.
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Henry Ford introduces the first Model-T car, otherwise known as the Tin Lizzie. It's considered the first affordable automobile.
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The Scotish made Argyll is the first automobile fitted for four wheel brakes. The front brakes are operated by a foot pedal, while the back brakes are controlled by a lever.
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Lester Wire invents the first electric traffic light. The first actual light was installed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914.
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The Ford Company invents and implements that first moving assembly line designed for cars. The production of automobiles is radically transformed, leading to the productionof automobiles is radically transformed, leading to the production of more cars than ever before.
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Someone set the new land speed record in Pendine Wales, UK with a speed of 272km/h.
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Galvin Manufacturing Corporated, under the direction of Paul V. Galvin and Joesph E. Glavin invest and install the first car radio.
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The Delaware company uses a thermal interrupter to create the flashing turn signal.
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The first seatbelt is put in, in the Saab GT750 in Sweden.
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The automobile company Lamborghini was founded by Ferrico Lamb. Highend sports cars began hitting the market.
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The first airbag was fitted to GM cars equaling signaling the industry's new found commitment to customer safety.
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One driver drives a Thrust 2 to 1019 km/h in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
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The Thrust SSC broke the land speed record by traveling at 1228 km/h.
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The car has the potential to travel at speeds of up to 431 km/h.
