Hello, Guys, I am here to give you information on the first car technologies. I have mentioned all the technologies from the beginning like the first electric car, or the first car to have Fuel injection or the first car to have ABS. Let’s start
List of Cars to have these technologies
First Indian-produced car: The Hindustan 10 in 1948.
The first production car was built in 1885: Benz Patent-Motorwagen which has a single-cylinder two-stroke engine.
The first mass-produced car in the world was: Ford Model T in 1908.
First, the mass-produced hybrid vehicle was the Toyota Prius, launched in Japan in 1997.
The first electric car in the world: Flocken Elektrowagen in 1888
First Mass-Produced Electric Vehicle in 1996 was General Motors EV1.
The First Hydrogen Fuel-cell vehicle in 1966 was GM Electrovan
First Mass-Produced Hydrogen Fuel cell Vehicle in 2014 was Toyota Mirai.
Fuel Injection
The first vehicle to have MPFI is Daewoo Cielo it had Single point injection
The first electronic fuel injection systems were in Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 in the year 1940.
First, an automotive direct injection system was used in Goliath GP700 in the year 1952.
The First production sports car to use fuel injection was Mercedes-Benz 300SL in 1955.
The First series-production cars were equipped with an EFI (Electronic Fuel injection) system in the year 1958: Chrysler 300D, DeSoto Adventurer, Dodge D-500, and Plymouth Fury.
BMW 760i was the first production V12 engine to use direct injection.
All Wheel Drive Cars
The first vehicle to have 4wd in India is Maruti Gypsy in 1986
The Four Wheel Drive Auto Co., FWD, was formed by Zachow and Besserdich, initially under the name of Badger, and selling its first 4X4 car in 1911
Spyker was the world’s first 4wd which was produced in 1902
First regular vehicle to have AWD: Subaru Leone
The first 4WD mass-produced car: Willys-Overland CJ-2A in 1945
First automatic transmission coupled to 4WD: Jeep Wagoneer
Jeep Wagoneer is the first luxury 4×4
First 4WD in a production GT sports car: Jensen FF
The first car to have Adjustable steering: Cadillac in 1965
Nissan R31 Skyline utilized the first practical four-wheel steering system in a road car.
The first motor car was exported to India in 1897: Grieve
The first car with an OEM CD player was the 1987 Lincoln Town Car
BMW was the first automaker to support iPod Out, which was quickly developed into Apple CarPlay.
Safety
Infiniti Q45 was the first car to introduce a Rear View Backup Camera in 2002
First Indian car to have ABS (Anti-lock Braking System): Tata Sierra
The first car to have ABS (Anti-lock Braking System): Mercedes-Benz W116 in 1978
Mercedes-Benz and BMW were the first to bring Stability Control (ESC) to the luxury market in the mid-1990s.
Preview Distance Control was the name of the system equipped on the 1995 Mitsubishi Diamante, and it’s considered to be the first autonomous cruise control system ever used in a production car.
Nash Motor Company was the first to introduce lap belt safety harnesses in 1950.
The first car to have an All-wheel disc brake: Jaguar Mk 2 and Austin-Healey 100S
Citroen 2CV was the first car to have Radial tyres
The first mass-production car to use the modern disc brake was in 1955, on the Citroën DS, which featured calliper-type front disc brakes.
The first car to have Air conditioning is Packard 180
Spyker 60 HP was the first car to have 6 cylinder engine in 1903
Packard 180 became the first car with power windows.
First Indian car with power windows –TATA Estate and Tata Sierra
First Diesel engine car of India: Hindustan motors ambassador mark 4
Peugeot 204BD became the first Diesel engine car.
First Diesel engine passenger car Mercedes-Benz 260 D
First production automobile with parallel twin turbochargers Maserati Biturbo in the early 1980s
The first production turbocharger diesel passenger car was the Mercedes 300SD in 1978
A petrol combustion engine with one cylinder and 121.6 cm3 displacement was prototyped in 1882.
The first electric starter was installed on an Arnold
Tata Sierra became the first Indian turbocharged car.
The first application of an electronic instrument cluster, in a production automobile, was in the 1976 Aston Martin Lagonda.
BMW 7 Series (E65) became the First V8 engine to use variable valve lift (Valvetronic).
The first car to use Active anti-roll bars to reduce body roll when cornering BMW 7 Series (E65).
Transmission
Volkswagen was the first car to have DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission) or also DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox), it was first used in GTI models in 2003.
BMW 7 Series (E65) was the first sedan to have a 6-speed automatic transmission.
BMW 7 Series (E65) to have first Electronic park brake
First nine-speed automatic transmission for a passenger vehicle 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Initial mass-produced automatic transmission used in General Motors and Cadillac Hydramatic.
First Keyless Entry System was introduced in 1980 on the Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Cougar, Lincoln Continental Mark VI, and Lincoln Town Car
Though in 1939, Packard became the first automobile manufacturer to offer an air conditioning unit in its cars. The first modern automobile air conditioning was Chrysler Imperial in 1953 and was one of the first production cars.
I have tried to list most of the first car technologies used in an automobile. If you have more car technologies to list please leave it in a comment or email me i will add it to the list.
