CINDY TATIANA GONZALEZ MUNAR

THE CAR

the first cars were comprised of three wheels,a kind of tricycle fast,with a steam engine,Although he was warmly received by buyers,the vehicle reached a speed a speed no greater tham 14.5 km /h,a characteristic that was becoming slow and cumbersome car.

By 1886, the steam engine was replaced by a gas,to which was added a cylinder that allowed develop greater strength and speed. It was the German engineer Karl benz who patented the first car on january 29,1886,the date on which spring the modern automobile.

Perfection originated motor car design scale,in countries like France and Germany, indutries that dominated until the entire automotive market. Henry Ford,an American Businessman, introduced n 1908, his Model T car that completely revolutionized the global automotive industry,considered the best_selling car in the world along with the German Beetle Volkswagen.

In this year the Model T cost $850, rather high price for the time.But the social impact of this vehicle, caused many American families acquire this first model and horse -drawn carriages. Orders were numerous small factory and Ford could not cope.Making Model T represented an important time in the development of the cars on the world were of this model .Until 1927, the Ford Company had sold fifteen million cars T.