PROJECT
How have cars developed in the timeframe 1915 to 1930 and what effect has it has on our community?
FORD T-MODEL
- Were made from 1908 to 1927.
- 15 million copies made.
- 4 cylinder.
- 20-22 horsepower.
- 64 - 72 km/h top speed.
- Put together in Detroit and many places overseas.
BENZ 1885
- Origin: Germany.
- Top speed: 10 km/h.
- Karl Benz designed it.
- Made in 1885 but got patent 1886.
- One cylinder.
$2600
DAIMLER 1886
- Origin: Germany.
- One cylinder engine.
- Top speed 32 km/h.
- Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach made.
- First 4 wheel vehicle with a petrol engine.
SUNBEAM-MABLEY 1901
- Origin: Britain.
- One cylinder engine.
- Top speed 32 km/h.
- Made by Sunbeam bicycle factory.
FRANKLIN A-TYPE 1902
- Origin: United States.
- John Wilkinson designed.
- 4 cylinder.
- First 4 cylinder car in the United States.
- Top speed 40 km/h.
ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER
- Origin: Britain.
- Top speed: 80 - 120 km/h.
- 6 cylinder.
- Not disc brakes, only rear brakes until 1924.
- 65 horsepower.
MAXWELL A-MODEL JUNIOR RUNABOUT 1904
- Origin: United States.
- 2 cylinder.
- Jonathan Maxwell and Benjamin Briscoe designed.
- Only $750 US dollars.
- Top speed: 56 km/h.
LANCIA ALPHA 1907
- Origin: Italy.
- Top speed: 80 km/h.
- 4 cylinder.
- 4 gears.
- Modern and solidly.
FIAT 24/40 1906
- Origin: Ítalía.
- Made with a big engine for high society people.
- 4 cylinder.
- A light race car was made with the same undercarriage.
- Top speed: 85 km/h.
CADILLAC 51-MODEL 1914
- Origin: United States.
- Top speed: 90 km/h.
- V8
- Henry Leland designed.
- First V8 engine mass-produced.
PEUGEOT 126 1910 CONVERTIBLE
- Origin: France.
- Top speed: 72 km/h.
- Peugeot was a family company that started selling iron.
- Only 360 cars sold.
- 4 cylinder.