Cars

An automobile is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. Different types of automobiles include cars, buses, trucks, and vans. Some include motorcycles in the category, but cars are the most typical automobiles. The term automobile is derived from Greek auto- ("self") and Latin mobilis ("movable"), referring to the fact that it "moves by itself". Official site of Pixar's animated feature Cars, starring the voices of Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman, Larry the Cable Guy, and Michael Keaton. Earlier terms for automobile include motorwagen, and horseless carriage. Although the term "car" is presumed to be derived through the shortening of the term "carriage", the word has its origin before 1300 A. D. in English as, "carr"—derived from similar words in French and much earlier Greek words—for a vehicle that moves, especially on wheels, that was applied to chariots, small carts, and later—to carriages that carried more people and larger loads. As of 2002 there were 590 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly one car for every ten people), of which 140 million in the U. S. (roughly one car for every two people) [1].

History

The automobile powered by the otto gasoline engine was invented in Germany by Karl Benz in 1885. Disney Presents a Pixar film 'Cars' :: The Official Movie Site.