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What were the first cars?

The first automobiles were designed by the talented French mechanic Nicolas Joseph Cugno in 1769 and 1770.

Of course, these were rather clumsy vehicles. They made a terrible roar, smoked and smoked, and moved at a speed slightly greater than a fast walking person. The word "chauffeur" began to be used precisely since the creation of the first cars. Translated from French, it means "stoker". The first car drivers periodically stopped their crew and poured coal into the furnace. It cannot be said that it was very convenient, but there was no other way out.

Steam cars existed for a long time, but they were not particularly widespread. Moreover, in some countries they even tried to ban them because they brutally rumbled, frightened cabbies and horses - they brought complete chaos into the measured course of city life.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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