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Hace 1 día · Etymology. The English word car is believed to originate from Latin carrus / carrum "wheeled vehicle" or (via Old North French) Middle English carre "two-wheeled cart", both of which in turn derive from Gaulish karros "chariot". It originally referred to any wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, such as a cart, carriage, or wagon. "Motor car", attested from 1895, is the usual formal term in British ...
Hace 6 días · Bentley Motors Limited is a British designer, manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs. Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was founded by W. O. Bentley (1888–1971) in 1919 in Cricklewood, North London, and became widely known for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930.
Hace 2 días · Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's first internal combustion engine in a car, seen in the Benz Patent Motorwagen – financed by Bertha Benz's dowry and patented in January 1886 – and Gottlieb Daimler and their engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a stagecoach, with the addition of a petrol engine, introduced later ...
Hace 5 días · In the early morning of June 4, 1896, Henry Ford made his first trial run in a small, four-wheeled vehicle he called a "Quadricycle," subsequently described by historian Allan Nevins as "Strikingly small and light - the lightest vehicle of its type yet produced."
Hace 3 días · Steam engine stage. The steam car had the disadvantage of keeping the boiler hot. The initial stage in the history of the automobile began with a steam engine. Around 1770, French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot created a vehicle that took advantage of steam engine technology, with an engine with two vertical cylinders and 50 liters of displacement.
Hace 4 días · The automotive industry responded with innovations like catalytic converters and more efficient engines. This period also saw the rise of new players like Tesla, which pushed the boundaries of ...
Hace 5 días · An ambitious young GM engineer named John Z. DeLorean persuaded General Motors to build the Pontiac GTO, embracing a youth culture that wanted a car with rumbling V-8 performance rather...
