The moment the first car came alive

Added: 2026-04-30

[00:00:00]It happened. He wheeled his creation out of the shed only to realize the door was too small. After knocking out some bricks to widen the opening, he started the engine. It was alive. This first automobile, which he called the Quadricycle, wasn't much to look at. It was little more than a frame with four bicycle wheels and a simple engine.

[00:00:20]But it worked. It was small, light, and refreshingly simple. In an era when automobiles were massive, complex, and ridiculously expensive status symbols, Ford's little machine was a complete revolution.