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.