In general, the entire history of cars is much older than most people realize, partially because of Mercedes-Benz' relentless misinformation campaign that they "invented" the car in 1886, and ...

The latest exhibit to go on display at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu is the Grenville steam carriage, believed to be the oldest self-propelled passenger-carrying road vehicle still in working ...

One of my personal missions as an automotive writer is to bring more attention to the very early history of cars, that very important and often overlooked century of development from the late 1700s to ...

February 9, 1832.—During the steam-carriage boom that started about 1821 and lasted some years, several companies were formed and projected to run lines of coaches. The London and Birmingham Steam ...

Print, coloured engraving, 'The "Enterprise" Steam Omnibus, built by Walter Hancock for the London and Paddington Steam-Carriage Comp[an]y, commenced running April 23rd 1833' / drawn by W. Summers, ...

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