Hah, #OnThisDay in 1899, The New York Times first used the word "automobile".
Hah, #OnThisDay in 1899, The New York Times first used the word "automobile".
Hah, #OnThisDay in 1899, The New York Times first used the word "automobile".
"There is something uncanny about these newfangled vehicles. They are all unutterably ugly and never a one of them has been provided with a good or even an endurable name."
https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/jan-3-york-times-first-uses-word-automobile-141419769.html
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@[email protected] That's right, the names took a while to get right. The next version,
Six Passenger Hydrocarbon Motor Carriage GT
had a much better ring to it.