2006-11-06 17:06:54 · 6 answers · asked by tinusanjay 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
The Dureya brothers, Charles (1861- 1938) and Frank Duryea (1869-1967), were the first to build an automobile in the U.S. After Charles saw a gasoline engine at the 1886 Ohio State Fair, the brothers began designing and building a car. On September 20, 1893, in the streets of Springfield, they completed the first successful run of an automobile in the U.S. Charles Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1896, the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline powered vehicles. By 1896, the company had sold thirteen cars of the model Duryea, an expensive limousine, which remained in production into the 1920s.
2006-11-06 17:35:07 · answer #1 · answered by Joe S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Henry Ford was NOT the first car. He innovated a process of mass production, which made the car affordable to people for the first time, instead of a novelty for the rich.
2006-11-07 00:00:23 · answer #2 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Henry Ford
2006-11-06 17:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Henry Ford combined the assembly line with the manufacture of automobiles. He didn't invent either.
Daimler Benz was making cars in the 1890s.
2006-11-06 17:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
That would probably have to be the steam powered auto,
built by a Flemish priest whose name was Ferdinand
Verbiest.
It was designed exclusively for the Emperor of China.
Sorry: I can't tell you who the emperor of china was, way
back in 1678. Nor can I tell you what Ferdinand decided
to name the car.
2006-11-06 17:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by Pete K 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ford model t, i think, i'm not sure I wasn't there
2006-11-06 17:17:50 · answer #6 · answered by uknowme 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋