Victorian ladies go on a carriage ride. Around 1900. (Keystone/Getty Images)
3.Propeller
Car at Brooklands Racetrack. May 1, 1911 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
4.Demonstration
of a road cleaning car with representatives of the London Corporation in the car, London, April 9, 1913. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
5.Carden
single person vehicle (bicycle) in the UK. 1916. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
6.Queen
Mary of the United Kingdom (1867–1953) and Princess Mary of the United Kingdom (1897–1965) on a military tracked car. Around 1920. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
7.English
aircraft manufacturer Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe drives his invented Avro Mobile in Southampton, England. June 1924. (Kirby/Topical Press Agency)
8.
The car of Sillito’s bakery. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
9.Dr
. Manfred Curry, a medical-researcher with his invention along with the Curry-Landskiff, the man-driven vehicle, was capable of speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. Around 1925. (General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
10.A
vehicle invented by George McLaughlin, designed to travel on ice and snow. 1926. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
11.Peugeot
amphibious car on the riverbank. October 1926. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
12.Fruit
carriage in Covent Garden, London. October 1928. (Harold Clements/London Express/Getty Images)
13A man rides in a man-driven
vehicle at the west end of London. September 1928. (Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
14.An
English invention that can be used as a car, boat and plane. February 27, 1928 (London Express/Getty Images)
15.A
married couple with an electric car “Auto Red Bug”. March 1, 1929 The car was produced in New York and New Jersey. The vehicle, powered by a 16-volt battery, was capable of speeds of 20 km / h, was produced until 1928. (J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
16.A
three-wheeled car made by Mr. A. Graham, which accelerated to 112 km / h! It is also worth mentioning that the body is made entirely of sheet steel. April 1929. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
17.Wood
gas powered car in England during World War II. Around 1930. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
18. Captain Malin in an amphibious Riley car. March 20, 1931 (A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
19.A
three-wheeled car made by Mr. A. Graham. August 1931. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
20.
M. Gerder, Swiss engineer behind the wheel of a monowheel. September 1, 1931 The handlebars were only for grabbing, turning could be done by shifting the center of gravity or putting the foot down. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
21Dr
. J.B. Hanson and his wife show off their car. Around 1931. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
22.
Three-wheeled BSA model. November 24, 1933 (G. L. Davison/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
23.Mobile
shop. Around 1930. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
24.Experimental
cars designed by inventor Pál Jaray, pioneer of aerodynamics, on the streets of Berlin (Brandenburg Gate in the background). With their amazing streamlinedness, they were decades ahead of their time. Around 1935. (Keystone/Getty Images).
25.The one-horsepower Rytecraft truck, thought to be the world’s
smallest motorized truck on North Circular Road. January 22, 1935 (Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
26.Vtomobil-submarine
, they can travel with it on land and underwater, had a 4-horsepower engine. December 1, 1937 (Horace Abrahams/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
27.A
vehicle called Thunderbolt with 2 Rolls-Royce engines at a workshop near Wolverhampton, in which designer and racer George Eyston tries to reach 400 km / h on the famous Bonneville salt flats of the state of Utah. 1937 (David Savill/Getty Images)
28.Navy
recruiters with trailer car at HMS Royal Arthur Training Centre, formerly Butlin Resort Camp, Skegness, England. February 22, 1940 (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
29.Gas-powered
taxis in London. With gas in bags placed on the roof, they could travel about 20 to 30 miles. April 24, 1940 (Photo by A. J. OBrien/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
30.Citroën
Traction Avant camping car. 1950 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
31. Harley J. Earl, designer of General Motors next to the GM Le Sabre concept car. 1951 (Keystone/Getty Images)
32.The
Reliant Regal is a three-wheeled car manufactured by Reliant Engineering Co. in Tamworth, Staffordshire, at the Wasrls Court bicycle and motorcycle show in London. November 14, 1952 (Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images)
33.Allard
Clipper minicar, made by the British Allard Motor Company with an 8-horsepower Villiers two-cylinder 346 cm3 engine. The first plastic body car in the world. Around 1954. (Express/Express/Getty Images)
34.Reyonnah
microcar designed by Robert Hannoyer. One of the innovations of this French-made microcar was the ability to fold the front wheels under the car if the owner wanted to drive into an alley. 1955 (Serge Berton/Getty Images)
35.Bond
Minicar Mark C Deluxe Tourer three-wheeled small car presentation in London. November 4, 1955 (Folb/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
36.Caravan
trailer. December 1956. (Harry Kerr/BIPs)
37.Member
of the 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland Mr. J. L. M. Meikle, with his jet racing car. January 10, 1957 (MacMullan/Fox Photos)
38.Simca
Fulgur Concept car. 1958 (Central Press/Getty Images)
39.Fernando
Ruiz Luciarte at the helm of Oto-Pedal, Paris, July 1958. (Karel Berg / BIP)
40.Engineers
Bill Woodhouse and Anthony Bullen lift the fiberglass body of the Tornado Typhoon Sports car designed by them into place. September 1958. (BIPS)
41.
Clive Talbot in his amphibious car built from a boat. Chiswick, London, September 1959. (June Lander/BIPs/Getty Images)
42.A
1912 Baker electric car modified by Dr. Charles Alexander Escoffery with rooftop solar panels. August 9, 1960 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
43.British
pilot John Moore-Brabazon on the new Hover scooter, designed by American engineer Charles Rhoades. The hovercraft was powered by a 250 cm3 two-cylinder, two-stroke engine. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
44.The day after the official opening of the Tay Salmon Rod Fishing fishing season,
Duncan McGregor caught 8 pounds of salmon from his Amphicar Model 770 amphibious car. January 16, 1964 (Central Press/Getty Images) The Amphicar Model 770 was introduced at the 1961 New York Auto Show. The vehicle was produced between 1961 and 1965 in Lübeck and Borsigwalde, Berlin, West Germany. It was designed by Hanns Trippel, based on Volkswagen Schwimmwagen, and manufactured by the Quandt Group.
45The
Urbanina, the smallest working car in the world, designed by Marquis Piero Bargagli to solve the parking crisis. December 1964. (Franco Sestili/BIP/Getty Images)
46.Versions
of the Urbanina car. December 1964. (Franco Sestili/BIP/Getty Images)
47A
man checks the motra of a miniature Scottish Aviation Scamp car. 1966 (Evening Standard/Getty Images)
48.Prototype
of the Quasar-Unipower car, designed by Vietnamese engineer Quasar Khanh. June 12, 1967 (Keystone/Getty Images)
49.Thunderbirds
television series 6×6 Rolls-Royce, FAB 1 painted pink. The construction cost of the 6.4-metre-long car was 2500 pounds (911 thousand forints at current exchange rates) in 1964. Weighing 3 tonnes, the monster was armed with weapons, including a laser cannon, and had a maximum speed of 320 km/h, but could also travel on water at a speed of nearly 100 km/h. 27 May 1968 (Jim Gray/Keystone/Getty Images)
50.The
Bedford HA Roma Dormobile Caravan. November 11, 1969 (George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
