CH 1 K01001 History of the automobile
In the early 1900s, ____ created the Model T affordable for the people.
Henry Ford
____ is generally known to have invented the modern automobile around 1885.
Karl Benz
The concept of the ____ made it to where the workers didn't have to move to the car as it was being assembled, the ____ brought the car to the worker.
assembly line
____ were very basic machines with engines that were started by manually operating a crank handle and required almost continual tinkering and maintenance.
early vehicles
Being ____, the first automobiles tended to lack uniformity so they were more expensive and less reliable.
hand-built
The concept of ____ meant parts did not have to be custom built to match a particular car.
interchangeability
Henry Ford's two concepts that made the Model T affordable
interchangeability and assembly line
____ vehicles travel much greater distances between maintenance appointments than their predecessors.
modern
(T/F) Most service information gives both a normal-duty and a severe-duty maintenance schedule.
true
What year was the first automobile made?
1885
Some manufacturers are predicting maintenance intervals of ____ miles in the near future; in comparison, some earlier vehicles required maintenance every 1000 miles.
25,000