Cars - The First cars

THE EARLIEST ROAD VEHICLES powered by an engine, The Cugnot steam, traction engine, was built in 1770. more practical steam carriage such as the Bordino were avaible in the Early 19th Centur, but they were heavy and cumbersome Restrictive las and the introduction of railways, faster and able to carry more pasengers, saw the decline of "Cars" powered by steam. It was not until 1860 that the first practical power unit for road vehicles was developed with the invention of the Internal combustion engine by the Belgian Etienne Lenoir. By around 1890 Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler in Germany and Albert De Dion and Armand Peugeot in France were. These cars, despite being primative expensive, and produced in limited numbers, Heralded the age of Motor car.