The Thinking Behind Cars
If the 1908 Ford Model T was made as cheaply as possible, the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost was made with no expense spared. The Rolls-Royce cost seven times as much as the Model T and didn’t even come with a body. The 1907 Rolls-Royce 40/50 “Silver …
The long-gone Spanish car maker Hispano Suiza is worth remembering today as the quality of their aircraft-inspired H6 car of 1919 was quite outstanding, and its design was so advanced it remained at the pinnacle of car manufacturers for a decade. The Hispano Suiza is …
If you asked the average car enthusiast which was the first hybrid car ever to hit the road you might get a few different answers. The 1999 Honda Insight? The 1997 Toyota Prius? A hybrid vehicle is one with more than one source of power. …
Let me introduce you to the 1915 Smith Flyer, also known as the Briggs and Stratton “Red Bug”: the Cheapest Car in the World at $125 (equivalent to $1930 today). The Smith Flyer was essentially a wooden board with four bicycle wheels and two seats …
It’s the most famous quote in car history: ‘You can have any colour you like, as long as it’s black’. Were Model T Fords really only available in black? Contrary to common belief, Model T Fords did not only come in black, in fact the …
The First World War did more than anything else to convince the “poor bloody infantryman” that the motor car was a good thing. Within a month of the start of the war the German army was in sight of the Eiffel Tower, but 600 Paris …