Tuesday, April 03, 2018

James May was asked to chose the 13 most influential cars of all time for The London Classic Car Shown 2015

 May has stuck his neck on the line and has chosen what he regards are the 13 most influential cars of all time.

The result is The Cars That Changed The World and it's one of the star exhibits at the London Classic

The six 'obvious' cars

1886 Benz Motorwagen. "People will argue about this, but the Benz Motorwagen was the first true car as we would understand it."
1908 Ford Model T. "The brilliance of the Model T is the way that it was made, rather than the car itself."
1938 Volkswagen Beetle. "It became the world's best selling single-platform car, even though the early models were pretty horrendous to drive."
1959 Austin Mini. "An original Mini is incredibly uncomfortable and a bit hairy if you crash it, but also fantastic to drive."
1964 Ford Mustang. "In the first six months of its life it was the fastest selling car in history. It's the car that democratised style and performance."
1997 Toyota Prius. "It was the first mainstream car of my lifetime that caused people to rethink the basics of how a car should work."

And the six eccentric choices are:

1901 Waverley Electric. "At the beginning of the 20th century, electric car outsold petrol-powered cars in parts of America. They were clean, quiet and didn't make ladies' skirts grubby."
1906 Cadillac Model K. "The real hero of the mass-produced car story isn't Ford's Model T but the Cadillac Model K."
1933 Standard Superior. "It is widely accepted that Josef Ganz, a respected Jewish engineer, came up with the basic layout and philosophy of the Beetle."
1972 Honda Civic. "The original Civic was a compact, lively and fuel efficient car that was well made and almost faultlessly reliable."
1980 Lada Riva. "The Russian-built, Fiat 124-derived, Riva did more than any other to put communism on wheels."
2009 Bruno ExoMars Rover. "Autonomous, self-sustaining and suitable for use on other planets, it is surely the world's most advanced all-terrain vehicle."

https://www.autoblog.com/2015/01/02/james-may-picks-13-most-significant-cars-ever/

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