People always wanted to
travel fast and without any difficulties from one location to other. However, the transport few hundred years ago was not as simple and fast as it is currently.
In the Middle Ages people were pleased if they were owners of a pony or donkey. They did not know bicycle or even circle! In the Middle Ages the individuals used their foot to move from one location to other. They were very fit and they do not suffer from obesity like nowadays’s people.
Author: Kyle Harris
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The first automobile has been constructed in 1770 in France. It was not alike to nowadays type of this car. It was a towing
vehicle – an experiment created by French, Nicolas Cugnot. There had to be passed many years to people have could like driving in the crowded towns.
Over 100 years after experiment invention of Nicolas Cugnot the individuals could buy cars. In 1907 Henry Ford has started a corporation located in Detroit, US where he began a long run production of his auto. The vehicle was called Model T and since 1907 his business sold over 15 million pieces of the automobile! It was a great success, because the individuals had to change their habits and learn how to
drive.
Nonetheless, since the starting of the twentieth century people enjoyed to drive cars and since the successful starting there has been made plenty corporations which tried to put on the market their automobiles.
Today, over 100 years after Model T and first Ford company, here are many car businesses. What is more,
Ford company is still available on the marketplace. There is a list of 10 the most important automobile companies in 2011. The ranking is based on the amount of sold cars in 2011.
1. General Motors
2. Volkswagen
3. Toyota
4. Hyundai
5. Ford
6. Nissan
7. PSA
8. Honda
9. Renault
10. Suzuki