Cars
and the World
around them
#TheBeginning
1859 | The first I.C. Engine
1886
Benz Patent-Motorwagen
FIRST AUTOMOBILE
#NewAvenues
1903 | The first flight by the Wright Bros
1908
Baker Electric
FIRST ELECTRIC VEHICLE
#Democratizing
1912 | The first moving Assembly Line
1912
Ford Model T
FIRST MASS PRODUCED CAR
#TheWar
1914-18 | World War 1
1922
Bugatti Type 35 | Italy
Alfa Romeo P1 | France
Benz RH Tropfenwagen | Germany
EARLY RACE CARS
#LicenseToSpeed
1928 | The first freeway in Italy
1934
Chrysler Airflow
FIRST UNIBODY CONSTRUCT
#Socialism
1933 | Hitler came to power
1938
VW Beetle
#TheWarMachine
1939-45 | World War 2
1945
Jeep Willys
FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT 4x4 SUV
#GoodTimes
1954| Emergence of Rock 'n' Roll
1956
Chevrolet Bel Air
#NotSoGoodTimes
1956 | Suez Oil Crisis
1959
BMC Mini
#NotSoGoodTimes
1973 | Oil Embargo
1975
VW Golf
FIRST FAMILY-SIZED HATCHBACK
#1Family1Car
1981-82 | Recession
1985
Chrysler Minivan
Renault Espace
FIRST MINIVANS
#StreetSmart
1990 | Gulf War
1990
Smart For Two
EARLY MICRO CARS
#Speeding
1991 | World Wide Web
1992
McLaren F1
#GreenerAlternatives
1992 | United Nations Conference on Environment and Developement
1997
Toyota Prius
FIRST MASS-PRODUCED GASOLINE-ELECTRIC HYBRID
#TheWayForward
2005 | Kyoto Protocol
2012
Tesla Model S
FIRST FULL-SIZED ALL-ELECTRIC LUXURY CAR