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Automobiles have been around since as early as 1769 when the first steam engine powered cars were produced in 1807, François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car that was powered by an internal combustion engine running on fuel gas Travel modern cars began in 1886 when German inventor Karl Benz created a car that featured wire wheels with a four-stroke engine mounted between the rear wheels designated Benz Patent-Motorwagen, it was the first car that generated his own power, which is why Karl Benz was given his patent and is called the inventor of the modern automobiles.
So we shortlisted ten things you probably did not know the history of the automobile.
1 Adolf Hitler ordered Ferdinand Porsche to make a Volkswagen, which means literally drive people German This car became the Volkswagen Beetle.
What is also interesting to know is that a surviving sketch of the 1930s - which was written in pencil by Hitler himself - like the production version of the first Beetle The design was said to have been given to Daimler Benz before being given to Porsche in Nuremberg.
2 In 1971, the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi proposed the production of a car for the people of India - the contract was given to Sanjay Gandhi Before contacting Suzuki, Sanjay Gandhi held talks with Volkswagen AG a possible joint venture, including the transfer of technology and joint production of the Indian version of the popular car, which also reflect the Volkswagen global success with the Beetle.
However, it was Suzuki who won the final contract because it was faster in providing a possible design The resulting car was based on the model of Suzuki 796 and continued to rewrite the history of the automobile in India like Maruti 800.
3 Rolls-Royce Ltd was essentially a company car and aircraft engine manufacture, established in 1906 by Charles Stewart Rolls Royce and Frederick Henry.
The same year, Rolls-Royce rode his first car, the Silver Ghost in 1907, the car set a record for travel 24,000 kilometers over the Scottish reliability trials.
4 The most expensive car ever sold at public auction was W196R Mercedes-Benz 1954 Formula 1 racing car, which has a huge 30 million at Bonhams in July 2013 The record was previously held by a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa Prototype, sold California at an auction for April 16 millions.
5 As a young man, Henry Ford used to repair watches for his friends and his tools with the family, he is, he used a corset living like tweezers and nail pebbles deposited as a screwdriver.
6 In the year 1916, 55 percent of cars in the world were Model T Ford, which is still an unbroken record.
7 Volkswagen has named several of its cars after the Passat wind - a German word for trade wind; Golf - Gulf Stream; ; polar winds - Polo Jetta - jet.
8 British luxury car brand Aston Martin name comes from a founder Lionel Martin who used to race at Aston Hill near Aston Clinton.
The company was owned by Ford Motor Company from 1994 to 2007, however, Ford still holds shares in the company.
9 The first cars road worthy used a lever instead of a steering wheel to steer He had a design and works like a joy stick.
10 reggae Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist, Bob Marley had a BMW, not for prestige but because of the coincidence of the initials for Bob Marley and the Wailers.
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