"Ford Detroit Piquette Plant Tour," Cars In Context, Episode #22
Show host John Clor and auto historian Joe Babiasz of AutomotiveTraveler.com get a private tour of the birthplace of the Detroit auto industry and the famed Model T, the long-shuttered Ford Piquette Plant in Detroit. Hear from Piquette President Jerry Mitchell & Director Nancy Darga and see various examples of some of Ford's earliest autos .
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A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1-8 people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are over 1.6 billion cars in use worldwide as of 2025. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The mode...
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