Thursday, April 23, 2009



New Car Makes

-Acura

-GMC
-Lincoln
-Porsche
-Aston Martin
-Honda
-Lotus
-Rolls Royce

-Audi
-HUMMER
-Maserati

-Saab
-Bentley

-Hyundai
-Maybach
-Saturn
-BMW

-Infiniti
-Mazda
-Scion

-Buick
-Isuzu
-Mercedes-Benz
-Smart
-Cadillac
-Jaguar

-Mercury
-Subaru
-Chevrolet
-Jeep
-MINI
-Suzuki
-Chrysler
-Kia
-Mitsubishi

-Toyota
-Dodge
-Lamborghini
-Nissan
-Volkswagen

-Ferrari
-Land Rover
-Pontiac
-Volvo
-Ford
-Lexus



The cars of the 2000th century

T he establishment of Mercedes is considered one of the more dubious milestones in the car history. Mercedes is named after the daughter of a successful austrian consul, Emil Jellinek. He held a sales office for the account of Daimler and specialized his production to suit rich customers. The Mercedes cars were often sold in connection with bribes, shady transactions and crooked dealings of all kinds. It was more often than not that the rich fellows who could afford to buy Jellineks cars, had made their money in illegal ways. During the 20th century the cars of the future began with sweeping shapes, Many are those who rightly claim that the actual history of the car was initiated with Henry Ford and his cars. Cars had been made under his rule since 1903 and in october 1908, the T-Ford was brought to the market. This car revolutionized the industry completely through its serial way of manufacturing, its high high reliability, and the thereby associated technical solutions together with the adaption to every man«s wallet. The domination over the american market was to such a degree that every tenth car made and sold was a Ford. In 1919 a T-ford with a coupĂ© was introduced which entirely sold a for that time incredible number of 15 million cars.






The first car race

T he flourishing car industry had its high seat in France. Thus, it is only natural that it was in this country the first car races was arranged. The race, which can be considered the first in this respect, was arranged in 1894 by a magazine in Paris, ?Le petit journal?. 21 different vehicle constructions participated. The winning coach was disqalified because of crimes against competition regulations regarding the construction terms. This one was a coach driven by steam. A divided victory was ascribed to the two following cars, one Peugot and one Panhard. They finished simultaneously after a journey of 126 km and 5 hours and 40 minutes.

History and Development of Automobiles
The birth of the car as we know it today took several years and the works and developments of many people. It was not until 1885 that the first car rolled down the streets; however, earlier attempts at steam powered road vehicles were successful, giving people the idea that cars as we know them today have existed for a lot longer than they have.

The first steam-powered vehicle was designed by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot and constructed by M. Brezin in 1769 and could attain speeds of up to 6 km/hour. Two years later, he designed another, much faster steam-driven engine, which was so fast that it rammed into a wall, recording the world's first car accident. These early steam-powered vehicles were so heavy that they were only practical on a perfectly flat surface as strong as iron. However impractical as these cars may have been, the design for these vehicles were the basis for the first self-propelled vehicles and ultimately the basis for the design of the car we know today

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