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This book is a part of the most comprehensive work ever completed on the history of the automobile. In the series "A World of Wheels", you will learn about the birth of the modern motorcar in detail, from the very first Benz carriage to the super technical cars of the present day. All of the information is described by some of the best automobile historians in the world. In this particular volume, we will take a look at the first primitive horseless carriages. A phenomenal variety of cars and ways of making and using them appeared and often disappeared between the close of the nineteenth century and the Depression. This book includes chapters on the original experiments with gasoline-fueled cars, the alternatives of steam and electric power, technical progress as in engine design, coachbuilding from wood to steel and the sports and luxury cars.






