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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 power to be used to wind springs that would move the road wheel. Genevois’s idea probably derived f...

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 world's 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-coaster development of these machines, from pioneering Benz and Daimler models up to the advent of Tes...