Used cars
Bugatti's successes are above all the successes of an extraordinary personality in the automotive world - Ettore Bugatti. He was born 15 September 1881 r. in Milan as the son of a painter. Samochody produkował w niemieckiej Alzacji jako poddany …
The company was established from two factories in Munich, mainly producing aircraft engines: BFW czyli Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG, founded in 1916 r., Oraz Rapp Motor Works, founded in 1913 r. The boom in the aviation industry during World War I increased Rapp's production, which …
Karol Benz was born in 1844. in Karlsruhe as the son of a train driver. He has been attending for several semesters! to the polytechnic, but he did not finish his studies and started working as a mechanic in a mechanical plant in Karlsruhe. 27-year-old Benz, wishing to become financially independent, founded …
The first horseless vehicles differed from their predecessors only by the crank used to steer the front axle. Vehicles with a steering column, placed in the center, they made an unusual impression and were called a coffee grinder - because the steering was done …
Gottlieb Daimler's first high-speed car engine was air-cooled, at the same time, however, water cooling was tried. One of the first water cooling systems, with which the designers tried to dissipate the heat obtained as a result of fuel combustion from the engine, used the principle …
Wheels on old cars.
The rattling steel wheels of the first motor vehicles were so hard and inelastic, that even the best suspension did not dampen the shocks. In this situation, the use of a solid rubber wheel was already a great advance. It cushioned small bumps …
The first cars are actually carriages, the drawbar is removed, and an engine is built under the seat. Before they finally turned into cars as we understand these vehicles today, there were many factors, like for example. the need to protect passengers from bad weather, different …
Dreams about self-propelled machines have long occupied human minds. Already in the Middle Ages, there were vehicles driven by people hidden inside. In 1490. Leonardo da Vinci constructed a manually operated vehicle, and then, after 1769 r., when …