Does anyone know which was the first car to have:-
1 Power steering
2 Air conditioning
3 Electric windows
4 Central locking
5 Electric start
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Yes - I do.
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The first car I have had with all those things is the one currently parked on my driveway
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Wasting my employer's Broadband connection while the Stock Market is shut I can confirm the following
Refrigerated air system was first fitted in a Packard
Electric windows in a Daimler
Power steering was investigated by F W Davis when he worked for the Pierce Arrow Car Co; he left and formed his own company to continue development and it was commercially available by 1951.
Early central lock was a pneumatic cystem fitted to some Mercs but I cannot say if it was the first system.
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More time wasted, next I must go and sort my sock drawer!
An electric starter motor was fitted to a 1904 Darracq (spelling?)
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Great stuff AS, and correct spelling of Darracq.
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Power steering was fitted to 30,s Caddies
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2 more anorak facts
Mercedes-Benz offered the first production diesel car in 1936.
Either Rolls-Royce or De Dion made the first V8 car engine, around 1904 - the R-R one was for their 'Legalimit' car, the only R-R model of which no examples survive.
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