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First Steam Car
The automobile is one more invention that always seems to have just one more antecedent. The earliest steam-powered car we know about was finished as early as 1769 by French inventor Nicolas Cugnot. It was a large three-wheeled vehicle that moved at the speed of a walk and was meant to haul cannon. -
First Gasoline Powered Car
On January 29, 1886, Benz applied for a patent for his “vehicle powered by a gas engine.” The patent – number 37435 – may be regarded as the birth certificate of the automobile. In July 1886 the newspapers reported on the first public outing of the three-wheeled Benz Patent Motor Car, model no. 1. -
First Car to reach 100 MPH
On July 21, 1904 in Ostend, Belgium Louis Rigolly stepped into his Gobron-Brillié ready to drive down the Ostend-Newport road. This was no ordinary drive however, as Louis Rigolly pushed his 15-liter Gobron-Brillié to an unheard of 103.56 MPH or 166.66 kilometers per hour making the Gobron-Brillié the world's first car to reach 100 MPH and Louis Rigolly the first driver to do so. -
First Mass Produced Car
The first mass produced car was the Ford Model T. The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927.[6][7] It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that opened travel to the common middle-class American; some of this was because of Ford's efficient fabrication, including assembly line production instead of individual hand crafting. -
First Car Radio
In 1930, Paul and Joseph Galvin, along with William Lear, developed the first automobile dashboard radio and named it the "Motorola," or motorized Victrola—and demonstrated the 5T71 prototype (pictured, below right) in a Studebaker. -
First Car to have a Three-Point Seat Belt
The first car with a three-point belt was a Volvo PV 544 that was delivered to a dealer in Kristianstad on August 13, 1959. However, the first car model to feature the three-point seat belt as a standard item was the 1959 Volvo 122, first outfitted with a two-point belt at initial delivery in 1958, replaced with the three-point seat belt the following year.[17] The three-point belt was developed by Nils Bohlin who had earlier also worked on ejection seats at Saab.[18] Volvo then made the new sea -
First Supercar
The first supercar is the Ford GT40. The Ford GT40 is a high performance American-British endurance racing car, built and designed in England (Mk I, Mk II, and Mk III) and in the United States (Mk IV), and powered by a series of American-built engines. The GT40 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four consecutive times, from 1966 to 1969 (1966 being the Mk II, 1967 the Mk IV, and 1968-1969 the oldest chassis design, the Mk I), Including a 1-2-3 finish in 1966. -
First Car to Reach 200 MPH
n 1984, a Ferrari 288 GTO hit 188mph (302.5 km/h) and then two years later the Porsche 959 Touring topped out at 195mph (313.8 km/h). Then, in 1987, we hit the big one. The last car personally approved for production by motoring demi-god Enzo Ferrari, the F40, broke the 200mph barrier, reaching 202.687 mph (326 km/h). -
First Mass Produced Electric Car
The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by General Motors from 1996 to 1999. It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker, the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset along with being the first and only passenger car to be sold under the corporate General Motors (GM) name instead of being branded under one of its divisions. -
First Mass Produced Hybrid Vehicle
The first mass-produced hybrid vehicle was the Toyota Prius, launched in Japan in 1997, and followed by the Honda Insight, launched in 1999 in the United States and Japan.The Prius was launched in Europe, North America and the rest of the world in 2000. The first-generation Prius sedan has an estimated fuel economy of 52 miles per US gallon (4.5 L/100 km; 62 mpg-imp) in the city and 45 miles per US gallon (5.2 L/100 km; 54 mpg-imp) in highway driving. The two-door first-generation Insigh -
Fastest Car in the World
In 2014, a Hennessey Venom GT was recorded as exceeding 270.49 mph (435.31 km/h), but as the run was in one direction only, and only 16 cars out of a planned total of 29 have been sold, it does not qualify under the Guinness Book of Records or this list's criteria as the world's fastest production car. -
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Future Advancements
Cars will advance somewhat in this order, but there is know specific dates that it could happen because there are too many variables.
Sensors on cars to help drive, Comprehensive Vehicle tracking, Biometric Vehicle Access, Car Communication, Driver override systems, 1,000 horse power hypercars, Herding Cars, Decrease in traffic, Reduction of traffic signs, Renewable fuel, Autonomous cars, Flying Cars.
