Car Trivia

Q: What car was the first to have automatic transmission?
A: Oldsmobile introduced its four speed Hydra-Mastic, as a $57 extra in 1939.

Q: What car was the first to offer air conditioning?
A: The 1939 Nash offered an optional heating - ventilation system called the "Weather Eye"


Q: What car used the first steering wheel?
A: The 1900 Packard Model C, built by The Ohio Automobile Co.

Q: What was the first official White House car?
A: A 1909 White Steamer, ordered by President Taft.

Q: What city was the first to use parking meters?
A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935.

Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo?
A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant

Q: What was the first car to be offered with a "perpetual guarantee"?
A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this case, as Acme closed down in 1911.

Q: What car was the first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield?
A: The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.

Q: What was the first car to use power operated seats?
A: They were first used on the 1947 Packard line.