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Automobile Design

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Car Wire Frame

The automobile industry has come a long way since Karl Benz designed the first gas powered automobile in 1885. Even more astonishing is how much the designs have changed. As the engineering has advanced and become more sophisticated, so have the exterior and interior designs.

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Are you a NASCAR fan?

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NASCAR RaceNASCAR has quickly become one of the most popular and fastest growing spectator sports in America. With TV broadcasts in 150 countries, NASCAR has 75 million extremely loyal fans. Have you heard of NASCAR? Are you a NASCAR fan? Here is some history on how this popular sport was born.

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New 2006 Chevron Breast Cancer Awareness Car: Promise

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Chevron Promise Car

The new Chevron Breast Cancer Awareness car for 2006 has just arrived, and is now available at ChevronCars.com. The car is called Promise. All previous Breast Cancer Awareness cars have sold out.

The first Breast Cancer Awareness car, Hope, was released in 2001, and was followed by Hope 2002, Hope 2003, Cherish, Faith and now Promise.

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Hybrid Cars

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2006 Honda Civic Hybrid

Hybrid cars are cars that are powered by an electric battery as well as a gasoline engine. Most regular cars have a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine only.

Hybrid cars are more efficient in their use of gasoline. Today some of the most popular hybrid cars include the Toyota Prius, the Honda Insight and the Honda Civic Hybrid.

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Four Chevron Cars Retire

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Four Chevron cars retired in January, 2005: Holly Hatchback, Casey Coupe, Wendy Wagon, and Danni Driver. This means that these cars will not be manufactured again. Other retired cars include Leslie LX, Kelly Kompact, Sam Sedan, and Tina Turbo.

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Crash Test Dummies Really Use Their Heads

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Crash Test Dummy

They’ve saved your life more than once, but they don’t require thanks. They weigh the same as you and move the way you do, but they don’t breathe. They get in car crashes over and over again and they don’t seem to mind. What could we possibly be talking about? Crash test dummies!

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History of Ambulances and Fire Trucks

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Ambulance

Did you know that the first concept of an ambulance was started long before automobiles were invented? It’s true! During the first Crusade, a holy war in the 11th century, there were a lot of wounded soldiers.

Luckily for them, the Knights of St. John had received lessons in first-aid treatment from Greek and Arab doctors. They used their knowledge on the battlefields and helped to treat soldiers on both sides of the war. They would carry these wounded soldiers to nearby tents to further treat them. The Knights of St. John acted as modern day paramedics and ambulance drivers!

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The History of the First Cars

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One of the first old cars

Lambert and Duryea are not your average household names. But most likely you’ve heard the names Ford and Benz (as in Mercedes-Benz). All of these names are related to one of the most important inventions of all time, the automobile.

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The First Auto Race

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Model-T Car

Participating in and watching car racing has been one of America’s favorite pastimes for years. It seems that each year automobile designs improve and speed increases. Let’s go back to 1895 and get a glimpse of the first American car race. It’s a bit different from what we are used to seeing today.

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Car Fun Facts

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Mom in car with kids

The car is one of the most recognizeable inventions of the modern era. Without cars there would be no suburbs, car trips, endless drop-offs and pick-ups most parents are all to familiar with. Here are some fun facts about cars and their colorful past.

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Car History: From Horse and Buggy to Cars

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Horse and Buggy

In 1903, the president of the Michigan Savings Bank advised Henry Ford’s lawyer not to invest in Ford Motor Company, saying, “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty, a fad.”

Other than traveling on foot, horses were the proven method of transportation for centuries. They pulled carts, stagecoaches, covered wagons, and delivery vans. They hauled water tanks, men, and hoses to fires and for a time sped pony express riders to their destinations. So why were people so ready to give horses up for cars?

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The Color of Tires

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Car Tire

The first car tires were white! One tire manufacturer wanted his tires to look more distinguished than other tires. He asked the Peekskill Chemical Company in Peekskill, New York, to see what they could do to make a tire that was a silver gray color.

Joseph Binney had founded the Peekskill Chemical Company in 1864 and specialized in producing black and red colors and paints. The red he created was used on barns all across the American countryside and was made with the same red iron oxide that the cavemen had used to make their red paint.

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