1.  Briggs and Stratton furnished their Hybrid Car for the cover photo.  Yesterday and today - the 1915 Detroit electric car, left, stands in sharp contrast to the Briggs and Stratton hybrid electric vehicle.  The six-wheeled Briggs and Stratton experimental vehicle demonstrates the practicability of future electric car use.

2.  The young man destined to put the world on wheels, Henry Ford was dressed in his Sunday finest when this photograph of his first car, the famed "quadricycle," was made in 1986.  Mr. Ford's car, powered by a two-cylinder, four-cycle engine, had an electric bell up front to warn pedestrians―after the fashion of trolleys of the day.

3.  1892 Peugeot―2-cylinder engine.

4.  On your mark―Two seven horse-powered  Oldsmobile, curved dash, runabouts, line up in New York city for the start of the first transcontinental automobile race on a spring day in 1905.  Destination was Portland, Oregon, and 4,000 miles of crude roads were ahead.  "Old Scout," on the left, outraced "Old Steady," right, and arrived 44 days later for the opening of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.  First prize, $1,000.

5.  Emblem of leadership―Chevrolet adopted this familiar emblem in its first year.  Here it is plainly visible on a 1913 model.  More than 68,000,000 vehicles later, the same familiar emblem is instantly recognized on streets and highways all over the world.

6.  Ford's first Model T rolled from the company's Piquette Street plant in Detroit in 1908 and marked the beginning of an era during which it became known as the "car that put America on wheels."  This milestone car lasted through 15 million basically similar vehicles produced until 1927.

7.  1933 Plymouth―Do you like the convenience of a 4-door?

8.  1931 Dodge―Do you need a rumble seat?

9.  1950 Chrysler―Is a station wagon better?

10.  Ford's first truck―Ford Motor Company's first entry in the truck business was the Model TT, introduced on July 27, 1917.  The one-ton unit was adapted from the popular Model T passenger car.  Ford is noting  the 60th birthday of its truck business as part of its Diamond Jubilee observance.  The company celebrated its 75th Anniversary on June, 1978.

11.  American Motors, 1902, one-cylinder Rambler.

12.  1924 Chrysler.

13.  Debut of mass production―this 1908 Cadillac was the first American gasoline-enclosed car produced in quantity.  The car won the English Dewar Trophy by the Automobile Club of London, as the first car to achieve interchangeability of parts through new standards of accuracy.  This was the Cadillac that joined General Motors when it was organized.

14.  First Volkswagen in the U.S.―"Yes, it's really an automobile!", Ben Pon seems to be telling his companion in this picture made in January, 1949, of the first Volkswagen to arrive in the United States.  Pon, late president of the firm which imports Volkswagen's to the Netherlands, was one of the first Volkswagen "salesmen" to come to America.  Only two Volkswagens were sold here during 1949.  About 443,500 new Volkswagens were sold in the U.S. in 1967, the passenger cars still looking on the outside almost the same as they did 20 years earlier.

15.  1901 Mercedes―35 horsepower Mercedes of 1900/01, the forerunner of today's car.

16.  1906 Rolls Royce―The Silver Ghost―a 6-cylinder, 40-50 horsepower open tourer built in 1907 and still running!  The car which holds many endurance records, has covered more than a half a million miles.  The Silver Ghost played a major part in establishing the Rolls-Royce reputation for silence, smoothness and comfort, marked a spot for today's Rolls-Royce, and is still taken out for regular runs in Britain.

17.  BMW: 50 years of Young Motor Cars―On September 25, 1931, BMW 3/15 No 25,000 left the Eisenach Factory.  At this point, the legendary Dixi had reached a production figure it was only to exceed by another 365 models, until the last units left the factory in 1932.  We estimate that 100 Dixie and BMW 3/15's are still on the roads in West Germany today.

18.  1927 Volvo

19.  Forty-six years separate the 1936 S.S. Jaguar 100 roadster and the 1982 XJ-S V12-powered luxury sports car.  They are two highlights in Jaguar's history which spans 60 years.  The company begins the celebration of its Diamond Jubilee Year on September 4.

20.  Porsche Pre-War Racer 1931.

21.  1928 Lincoln.

22.  Four stars for Cadillac―Here is General John J. Pershing stepping out of his Cadillac staff car at the time of World War I.

23.  Volkswagen Beetle?  Wrong.  1934 Chrysler Airflow Cp.

24.  New Product is GM's Five Millionth car―in 1926, General Motors introduced the first Pontiac.  Its predecessor was the Oakland, one of GM's charter members when it was organized in 1908.  The car made its debut as GM's 5,000,000th car.

25.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Jeep during World War II.

26.  Famous First cars―The first Hudson, built in Detroit in 1909 by Hudson Motor Car Company, was an immediate success.  A powerful car for its day, it sold for less than $1000. 

27.  Famous First cars―From 1909 to 1954, of Kenosha, Wisconsin also was quickly accepted.  Charles W. Nash, company president from 1916 to 1937, is shown at the wheel.  From 1918 to 1957, nearly 3 million Nash cars were built.  Nash and Hudson merged in 1954 to form American Motors.

28.  The story of the BMW automobiles started in 1928 with the purchase of the "Fahrzeugwerke Eisenach."  In the summer of 1929 the BMW Dixi was successful at the International Rally of the Alps.

29.  1939 Mercury 4-door Sedan.

30.  1930 Model A 5-window Coupe.

31.  Porsche #1 Gmund.

32.  Early dream car―This 1915 Buick with a special body was an early example of testing public reaction to a "dream design."  To lend glamour and excitement, as in a modern automobile show, beautiful models in gowns of the latest fashion are employed.  Later, GM became famous for building entire "dream cars" beginning with the "Y-Job" in 1938, followed by Le Sabre in 1950, the Firebirds of 1954 and 1956 and a host of other special experimental cars.  GM's production cars have many styling and engineering features first introduced on this parade of Dream Cars.

33.  1917 Mitsubishi.