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