History of the Automobile

Automotive history begins with self-propelled steam eighteenth century. In 1885 he created the first motor vehicle internal combustion with gasoline. It is divided into a series of stages marked by major technological milestones.
Stage of the invention: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725-1804), made ​​the big step, to build a steam car, originally designed to tow artillery. The Fardier, as he called Cugnot, began circulating through the streets of Paris in 1769.

• Veteran Status: In 1900, the mass production of cars had already begun in France and the United States. The first automobile companies were created to manufacture the French Panhard et Levassor (1889) and Peugeot (1891). In 1908, Henry Ford began producing cars on an assembly line.
• Brass or Edwardian Stage: So named by the frequent use of brass for the body. At this stage the aesthetics of cars still reminded of the old carriages.
• Season Stage: It extends from the end of the First World War to the Great Depression of 1929.
• Modern stage: Characterized by the development of safer and more efficient engines and cleaner.