Cars

by Lana
 * __ Cars __**

cars + history wikipedia + cars cars + changes cars + inventors cars + origin
 * __Research String__**


 * Who invented it?**
 * French Jesuit **Ferdinand Verbiest** invented the first **steam** car in China in the year 1672.
 * **Nicolas Joseph Cugnot** of France built a **steam** automobile in 1769.
 * **Gustave Trouve** of France designed and invented the first **electric** car in 1881.
 * **Karl Benz** was the German mechanical engineer who designed, patented and in 1885 built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by a **gasoline engine**.

=== When was the first automobile built? Daimler and Benz are traditionally credited with building the first cars in 1886, but the French claim it was first built in 1884 by Delamare-Deboutteville. Still others claim it was built in 1860. It all depends on your definition of a car. ===

**What is it?**
 * A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called //motorcar//.
 * A road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people
 * A self-propelled wheeled conveyance, such as a car or truck, that does not run on rails.
 * Includes an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for running on land but not on rails. 18 U.S.C
 * Car: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
 * Motorized vehicle consisting of four wheels and powered by an internal
 * A passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

1672, 1769, 1881 & 1885 China, France (twice) & Germany
 * When was it invented?**
 * Where was it invented?**


 * How has it changed over time?**

The first automobile to use the configuration was the 1899 [|Renault Voiturette Type B]. The first closed car, for at least 4 persons, which used the word //sedan// was the 1911 Speedwell sedan, which was manufactured by the Speedwell Motor Co in Dayton, Ohio. When Ferdinand Verbiest invented the first car & it changed as Nicolas, Gustave & karl made new models.

Contrary to popular belief, Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. He wasn't even close. What Ford did was perfect the assembly line technique, well after the turn of the century. This allowed him to lower the cost of the automobile drastically, bringing a rich man's plaything within reach of the masses, thereby changing Western society. Reason enough to be famous.


 * How is it used today?**
 * It is still used as a transportion today like a bus or a taxi.**


 * webliography**
 * http://www.thefreedictionary.com/motor+vehicle**
 * http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m048.htm**
 * http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/automobile**