1917 Simplex
Michael Bergren of the LeMay Museum's Club Auto, located in Lakewood, CO, talks about the museum's 1917 Simplex Crane Model 5 formerly owned by John D. Rockefeller. Lance Lambert, host of television's "Vintage Vehicle Show", learns some of the attributes that made this one of the most expensive cars in the world in 1917. More information about the "Vintage Vehicle Show" can be found at www.vintagevehicletv.com
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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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