CARS AND HISTORY

1490 Leonardo da Vinci builds a manual motor vehicle

1673 Christian Huygens, Dutch physicist, builds an atmospheric reciprocating engine

1769 James Watt, Scottish mechanic, patents a steam engine with low steam pressure z …

Tatra

W 1897 r. car production began in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. W 1896 r. through the textile manufacturer Theodor von Liebieg from Reichenberg (today's Liberec) Wagons factory in Koprzywnica - Nesselsdorfer Wagenbaufabrik - bought a one-cylinder Benz vehicle and a 2-cylinder engine, on …

ROLLS-ROYCE

Frederick Henry Royce was born in 1863 r. w Alwatore Lincolnshire. Initially, he dealt with electrical engineering. He became independent having 21 years. He started with the production of generators and electrical equipment sold by a Claremont partner. in 1903. company F. H. The Royce Company went bankrupt, …

RENAULT

At the turn of the century, many technicians started building cars. A small workshop was enough for them, blacksmith's stove, lathe. Only a few pioneers in the automotive industry have managed to achieve their intentions on a large scale. One of them was Louis Renault.

W 1898 r. built …

PEUGEOT

W 1810 r. brothers Jean Frederick and Jean Pierre Peugeot founded a small steel foundry in Sous-Cretet, which became the foundation of the later family business. W 1885 r. the third generation of the Peugeot family, bracia Eugene and Armand, began to think about transformation …

PANHARD & LEVASSOR

Firma Panhard & Levassor contributed to the construction of the first French car in 1891 r. Behind the creation and history of the brand there are several people and events that deserve to be remembered.

The engine manufacturer Gottlieb Daimler had a representative in Paris …

LANCIA

Factory driver and Fiat car racer Vincenzo Lancia together with his friend Claudio Fogolini founded 1906 r. in Turin, a small car factory called Fabbrica di Automobili, Lancia and Co.

The new company focused on light production …

JAGUAR

W 1922 r. two young motorcycle enthusiasts William Lyons and William Walmsley founded the Swallow Sidecar Company in Blackpool with share capital 1000 pounds sterling. Company, as it is clear from the name itself, produced motorcycle trailers.

W 1926 have produced …

ISOTTA-FRASCHINI

Cesare Isotta I bracia Vincenzo, Oreste and Antonio Fraschini founded the village of 1899 r. in Milan, the company Societa Milanese d'Automobili Isotta Fraschini. Initially, they produced French cars Renault and Mors, and two years later they released their own models. Very beneficial …

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August Horch is one of the first engineers, who got notoriety for building cars. Was born in 1868 r. and at the age of twenty-eight he was the production manager at Benz & Co. w Mannheim, where he learned about car production.

After three years …