Auto upkeep

Automotive milestones

An important event in the history of the automobile

Automotive manufacturers

A business engaged by the manufacture of vehicles

VIN

A vehicle identification number, commonly abbreviated to VIN, or chassis number, is a unique code including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles

Four stroke engine

An internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke

Gasoline engines

An internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines

Carl Benz

Creator of the first practical motorcar

Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche was an automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company. He is bestknown for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, the Volkswagen Beetle

Leonardo da Vinci Automobile

Leonardo's self-propelled cart is an invention designed by Leonardo da Vinci, considered the ancestor of the modern automobile.

Nicolas Cungot

Nicolas Cungot-

Cungot steam traction engine

The 1st self-powered road vehicle.

Model T

The Model T was an automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927. Conceived by Henry Ford as practical, affordable transportation for the common man, it quickly became prized for its low cost, durability, versatility, and ease of maintenance.

Henry Ford

United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production of Ford

Diesel engines

an internal combustion engine in which heat produced by the compression of air in the cylinder is used to ignite the fuel.

Internal combustion engine

the engine that propels an automobile