Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Automobiles were still in their relative infancy in 1905, but they had been growing more popular for years. There was a problem, ...

Willys was on a business trip to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1899 when he saw his first car. He was mesmerized. He noticed the tremendous interest people showed seeing a horseless carriage drive down the ...

Most modern gasoline and diesel-powered engines found in the cars and trucks seen on today's roadways rely on the four-cycle-engine principles developed in the late 1800s by Nikolaus Otto, Gottlieb ...

Built in Chicago between 1906 and 1909, Silent Knight automobiles were powered by Charles Knight's four-cylinder, 40-horsepower, sleeve-valve engine. These automobiles had weak points, but the engine ...

Editor’s note: David Krumboltz’s regular column is on hiatus until further notice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, we’re running some of Dave’s favorite past columns. This one ...