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PERHAPS more than any other invention, the car has transformed our lives but today we just accept them as part of our everyday. Cars give us the freedom to travel where we like.
We may not realize it, but we have become dependent on them and take them for granted. Over the next five days we are going to get behind the wheel and find out more about cars.
PART 1 - Answers - Who am I?
Nicolaus Otto :- In 1876, I invented an effective gas motor engine and built the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine called the Otto Cycle Engine.
Gottlieb Daimler:- In 1885, I invented a gas engine and in 1886, I took a stagecoach and adapted it to hold this engine, thereby designing the world's first four-wheeled automobile.
Karl Benz:- I am a German mechanical engineer who in 1885, designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.I started a company called Benz & Company, which became the world's largest manufacturer of automobiles by 1900.
John Lambert:- I invented America's first gasoline-powered automobile - a three-wheel motor buggy - the 1891 Lambert car.
Henry Ford:- I improved the assembly line for automobile manufacturing (Model-T), invented a transmission mechanism, and popularized the gas-powered automobile.
PART 2 - Answers - What am I?
1. main outer part of the car.= BODY
2. the rubber parts of the wheel = TYRES
3. the foot pedal used to change gears in a manual car = CLUTCH
4. the frame and wheels of a vehicle = CHASSIS
5. cools the water of the engine = RADIATOR
6. produces an electric spark to ignite fuel in the engine's ignition chamber = SPARK PLUG
PART 3 - Answers - Name that car
Bentley; Hyundai; Citroen; Toyota; Renault; Peugeot; Jaguar; Mazda; Audi
PART 4 - Answers - True or False
T - T - F - T - F - T - F - F - F - T
PART 5 - Answers - Slogans
Volkswagen = Das auto Ford = Go further Nissan = Innovation that excites Holden = Let's go there
Toyota = Oh what a feeling Hyundai = New thinking. New possibilities Land Rover =The best 4x4 by far
Kia = The power to surprise Honda = The power of dreams BMW = The ultimate driving machine.
Mazda = Zoom, zoom.
