Automotive Guruz

Invention of the car was one of the greatest moments of the human civilization. Interestingly, unlike many other inventions, there was no clear moment that defined the invention of car. On the contrary, it was a gradual process that evolved over time and transformed the automobile industry to the shape that we find it today.

A car is an automobile, and an automobile is defined to be a self-moving object. Tracing back far into history, the thoughts and abstract design of such a vehicle was made by none other than the legendary artist-and-scientist Leonardo Da Vinci. The first ever implementation of a self-boosted road-moving vehicle was achieved in 1769 by Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot – a steam-driven military tractor built for the Army of France.

The car that we know today was first built in 1885 Carl Benz – a German – and he got it patented a year later in 1886. The car had a gasoline-powered single-cylinder engine with three wheels. Another year later in 1887, Benz became selling his cars. The other person who also has a huge contribution to making cars was another German, Gottlieb Diamler. Along with his partner William Maybach, he produced the first four-stroke internal combustion engine and patented that in the year 1885. He had invented the carburetor. Diamler sold his first car in 1889 to the Sultan of Morocco. Many year later in 1926, Benz and Diamler joined hands to form the famous Diamler-Benz company and expanded their business worldwide with time.

The Duryea brothers, Frank and Charles, achieved the landmark of being the first ever manufacturer of cars in America in 1893. They industrialized building cars and raised the art of car manufacturing to a systematic mass production. The Detroit assembly line was introduced in 1901 by Ransome Eli Ods. The year 1913 marked another significant achievement in production of cars as Henry Ford’s assembly plant in Highland Park, Michigan could increase the rate of car production by introducing a technically advanced conveyor belt. The result was superfast production of cars – a Ford model car could be produced in a shade over an hour and half. The speed propelled Ford to become the largest manufacturer of cars in the world.

With advancement of technology, cars are nowhere similar to what they were during the yester-years. Automobile research is still a huge industry with new innovations coming up every year that still amuse, please and even dazzle us. However, the thoughts of owning and enjoying a vintage car still charms many of us – vintage cars are unique and classic in their own rights just like vintage wine and carpets.