| Man is a creature of innovation, possessed with | | | | and companies such as General Motors were |
| an inherent inclination towards novelty man has | | | | seeking to provide cars with these qualities. |
| endeavored to find new modes of | | | | Companies such as Chevrolet, Cadillac and Renault |
| transportations. Such endeavors resulted in the | | | | jumped on the bandwagon and started producing |
| manufacturing of the present day cars. The | | | | cars. The industry thrived as the number of |
| automobile was invented in the 1800's. However, | | | | automobiles multiplied with each company trying |
| the history of the invention can be traced back to | | | | to out do the other by producing better cars |
| the invention of the wheel about 4000 years ago, | | | | while being more cost efficient. |
| which has been hailed by many as one of the | | | | According to reliable figures there were 590 million |
| greatest invention of all time. In 1770, Nicholas | | | | passenger cars worldwide in 2002. This figure is |
| Joseph Cugnot made the first serious attempt at | | | | bound to have been increased exponentially every |
| building an automobile by managing to build a large | | | | year since then. Presently cars are the most |
| stream-driven vehicle. In the early 1900s | | | | popular mode of transportation. Roads are an |
| manufacturers seriously started concentrating | | | | integral part of the infrastructure of any country. |
| their efforts in car production for the public. Henry | | | | Motor sports such as Formula One and NASCAR |
| Ford is amongst the pioneers of this industry. The | | | | Car Racing are popular around the world as well. |
| Ford Motor company has been manufacturing | | | | Car manufacturers are now looking to produce |
| cars for the public since 1903. Through assembly | | | | hybrid cars which are cleaner, as well as looking at |
| line production and division of labor Ford managed | | | | alternative fuel technology to reduce the pollution |
| to manufacture cars affordable to an everyday | | | | to the environment. Companies are looking at the |
| worker. | | | | prospect of producing cars which run on |
| The early cars can be considered aesthetically dull | | | | renewable resources as opposed to petroleum |
| and boring compared to the glory and grandeur of | | | | products or gasoline, which are non-renewable. |
| present day vehicles. During the first two world | | | | The material which the car made of is also being |
| wars manufactures directed their energy towards | | | | innovated with duraluminum, fiberglass, carbon |
| building planes and tanks rather than cars. The | | | | fiber and carbon nanotubes being looked at as |
| breakthrough in the automobile industry took | | | | alternatives. In conclusion, the industry has grown |
| place on October 14, 1947 when Chuck Yeager | | | | into one of the biggest industries in the world but |
| broke the sound barrier. After that event the | | | | it is still possessed by a desire to innovate as |
| desire to go faster took precedence and rigorous | | | | people are dreaming about the prospect of cars |
| efforts were made towards building faster cars, | | | | which will be able to fly in the future. The idea |
| additionally it prompted the construction of sleek | | | | may seem strange at the moment but so must |
| and aerodynamic cars. Power, style, convenience | | | | have the idea of a car before the 1800's. |
| and features became the integral features of cars | | | | |