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Unlike many other major inventions, the original idea of the automobile cannot be attributed to a single individual. The idea certainly occurred long before it was first recorded in the Iliad, in which Homer (in Alexander Pope’s translation) states that Vulcan in a single day made 20 tricycles, which Leonardo da Vinci considered the idea of a self-propelled vehicle in the 15th century. In 1760 a Swiss clergyman, J.H. Genevois, suggested mounting small windmills on a cartlike vehicle, their p...

Here’s what you need to know about the first car race in the US. (Photo : National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library)View of J. Frank Duryea (left) and Arthur W.

We discussed Arrol-Johnston briefly in our Rare Rides Icons coverage of Isotta Fraschini a few days ago. Though the brand didn't even make it to see World War II, the company's contributions to the advancement of passenger vehicles make it an important one. Onward, to Scotland!

This article, written by Janet Kennish, first appeared in a sister paper of the Bucks Free Press, the Slough Observer, on July 2. I thought it would…

The horseless carriage might sound unfamiliar, but 125 years ago this exciting new invention changed the world. As with many novel creations, coming up with a name proved problematic and this was one of the most pressing debates in the first edition of the worlds oldest motoring magazine — Autocar — which first rolled off the press on November 2, 1895, and is now in its 126th year. The horseless carriage is, of course, the motor car, and over the decades Autocar has charted the roller-coast...

The first recorded journey of a motor car in England was made 126 years ago this month by a Datchet resident, the Honourable Evelyn Ellis, in his 1895 Panhard-Levassor. Ellis lived at Rosenau on Southlea Road. During time in France and Germany, he became interested in the motor industry and wanted to see it established in England. One great obstacle here was the Red Flag Act which restricted steam-powered vehicles from driving more than 4mph on public roads, and he planned to defy this Ac...

While the outgoing sedan hung its opulence on a BMW 7 Series chassis, this new Ghost rides on Rolls-Royce’s own aluminum Architecture of Luxury that was introduced with the Phantom 8 and now underpins the Cullinan SUV. It’s a stiffer, lighter platform that gives the Ghost a wider track and longer wheelbase. It also bestows standard all-wheel-drive and rear-wheel steering, neither of which were previously available on the Ghost. The 2021 Ghost comes across as more modern, muscular and very p...

The first truck in the world was built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1896 The first truck was built in 1896, based on a converted horse-drawn goods wagon Fast progress to the first range of trucks at the turn of the century One of the greatest talents of inventor Gottlieb Daimler was finding new areas of application for his engine. He invented the motor cycle, then went to the motorised trolley car, a motorised firefighting hose and then, almost inevitably, to the truck in the year 1896. The first tru...