2005 Toyota Avalon = Perfection!
#26
Originally Posted by DreRX8
I cannot express my disdain enough for the previous Avalons.
Bill
#27
Originally Posted by DreRX8
Wasn't Mercedes the first car?
In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725 - 1804).
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler invented what is often recognized as the prototype of the modern gas engine - with a vertical cylinder, and with gasoline injected through a carburetor (patented in 1887). Daimler first built a two-wheeled vehicle the "Reitwagen" (Riding Carriage) with this engine and a year later built the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle.
American car manufacturer, Henry Ford (1863-1947) invented an improved assembly line and installed the first conveyor belt-based assembly line in his car factory in Ford's Highland Park, Michigan plant, around 1913-14. The assembly line reduced production costs for cars by reducing assembly time. Ford's famous Model T was assembled in ninety-three minutes. Ford made his first car, called the "Quadricycle," in June, 1896.
So yeah either the French created the first automobile or the Germans.
And rx8wannahave... yeah i'm tainted. i'm going to stay wary of caddies until they have the reputation of being as reliable as japanese cars for a few years. i'm not so biased against other american car companies though.
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