la petit histoire de l'Autromobile - A little history of the automobile

1. An History of
The Automobile
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2. 1769 Le Fardier de Cugnot
The source of energy is
from a boiler mounted on
a front directing wheel.
Speed 4 km/h
This model is visible at the Paris museum
of Technology .
Autonomy: 15 minutes

3. 1770
1st Accident !!
The Fardier, having no break and no practical directing wheel hit a
wall. The machine, proposed to the French Army to pull heavy artillery
pieces, was then rejected by the examiners.

4. 1873 L’Obéissante: Amédée Bollée
This vehicle is sometime considered to be the first
true automobile. Steam engine, 12 sits, speed 40km/h.

5. 1886 Benz patents the Motorwagen
Tricycle
954 cm3
16 km/h
1st car to use thermal engin

6. 1891
Panhard et Levassor: 1st commercially
available vehicules.

7. 1891
1st Peugeot automobile

8. 1891
Michelin invents tires with inner tube.

9. 1894
Paris-Rouen: 1st automobile race
ever

10. 1897
Rudolf Diesel invents the Diesel engine

11. 1898
1st Renault: Type A
. Engine De Dion-Bouton
. One cylinder :273 cm3
. Power 1 hp
. Weight: 250 kg
. Speed :32 km/h

12. 1898
1st speed record (electric car)
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat got to
63,15 km/h with this Jeantaud électric

13. 1898
1st « Exposition internationale
d’automobiles »

14. 1899
Camille Jenatzy : 105,88 km/h
(electric car)
La Jamais Contente

15. 1899
1st FIAT
Fiat 3.5 HP

16. 1899
1st Automobile Tour de France
Voiture Amédée Bollée

17. 1900
De Dion-Bouton is the world largest
car manufacturer.
In 1900,the company manufactured
400 cars and 3200 engines.

18. 1900
New York Auto Show

19. 1900-1905 Gordon Bennett Cup

20. 1901
1st American commercial car.
Oldsmobile Curved Dash

21. 1902
Léon Serpollet’s steam engine car goes
over 120 km/h

22. 1903
1st Ford vehicle : Model
A

23. 1905
Rolls-Royce is open for business.
Rolls-Royce 30 HP 1905

24. 1906
1st Grand Prix
Ferenc Szisz vainqueur du
GP de France sur Renault

25. 1906
1st French armored car
Automitrailleuse Charron

26. 1908
Ford Model T

27. 1910
Barney Oldfield : 210 km/h on
Blitzen Benz

28. 1911
1st Monte-Carlo Rally
Winner Henri Rougier
driving a Turcat-Mery
25 HP

29. 1911
1st 500 miles of Indianapolis

30. 1912 AUTOCANON: De Dion
Prototype at Renault Co

31. 1914 Parisian Taxi transport troop
to the front

32. Armored machine gun vehicle by
1915
Renault

33. 1915
Automobile Antiaircraft gun
De Dion AUTOCANON

34. 1919
1st Citroën: Type A

35. Assembly line for Citroën Type A

36. 1920-1924
The Golden age of the cycle-cars.
In Europe it is subjected to
lower taxes.

37. 1922
Chevrolet: 1st « auto-radio » on
commercial model.

38. 1922
Lancia Lambda
1st Unibody design

39. 1923
1st 24 Heures of Le
Mans

40. 1924
1st High-Way
Milan-Varèse: 85 km

41. 1926
Bugatti Royale: The most luxurious
car ever.
Engine 8 cylinders inline. 12.763 L. . Power: 300 Hp. Speed: 200 km/h

42. 1932
Malcolm Campbell : 400 km/h

43. 1934
Citroën Traction Avant
1st practical front-wheel drive car

44. 1934
Chrysler Airflow

45. 1936
WW Bug

46. 1936 1st diesel powered car: Mercedes 260 D

47. 1939
1st air conditioned car: Packard Super Eight

48. 1940 Cadillac: 1st Automatic transmission

49. 1941
Jeep Willis

50. 1942 Gazogène (gas generator)
“Gas generator or gasifier” for car. Powered car WW II in Europe using mostly
wood charcoal or coal

51. 1945
Renault 4 CV

52. 1947
John Cobb: 633 km/h
Railton Mobil Special. Two V12, 1350 Hp mounted on each axle .

53. 1948
Citroën 2 CV

54. 1950
1st F1 race.

55. 1951 Chrysler: 1st power steering

56. 1953 1st disc brakes : Jaguar XK 120

57. 1953
Chevrolet Corvette C1

58. 1954
Mercedes 300 SL

59. 1955
Citroën DS 19

60. 1957
Fiat 500

61. 1957
East German Trabant

62. 1959
Austin Mini

63. 1961
Renault 4L

64. 1962
Ferrari 250 GTO

65. 1963
1st Lamborghini

66. 1963
Porsche 911

67. 1964
Ford Mustang

68. 1966
4.5 millions Klm one car, same engine
(Volvo P1800 ).

69. 1966
1st car with ABS : Jensen FF

70. 1970
Citroën SM

71. 1974
Volkswagen Golf

72. 1976
1st 6 wheels racing car
Tyrell P34

73. 1979
1st Paris-Dakar Rally.
Alain Génestier Winner on Range Rover

74. 1984
1st Minivan by Renault & Matra.

75. Ferrari F40
1987
. Engine V8 bi-turbo
. Engine V8 bi-turbo
. Displacement : 2.936
L
. Power: 478 cV
. Speed: 324 km/h

76. 1998
« The Smart » by Mercedes

77. 2000
GPS for car

78. 2004
Renault Logan

79. 2008
First fuel cell powered car (Hydrogen)
Honda FCX Clarity

80. 2004
21 persons in a Mini Cooper

81. 2007
Highest altitude reached by a car
Suzuki Samurai: 6688 meters in Chili.

82. 2009
Cheapest car in the world
Tata Nano: 2 500 dollars (1 700 euros)

83. 2009
Longest distance on two wheels
371 klm/u with a BMW 316

84. 2012
Toyota: Largest car manufacturer in
the world.
More than 9 millions vehicles sold in 2012

85. 2013 The most expensive car
Lamborghini Veneno: 3 000 000 Euros.
. Engine V12, 6,5 litres
. Power : 750 cV
. Speed : 355 km/h

86. The End
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