Khumbula iMotorwagen? Imoto yenjini kaphethiloli eyakhiwe nguCarl Benz futhi yethulwa ngo-1886? Kungalesi sikhathi lapho kwaqalwa khona umcabango wesibuko esingemuva.
UDorothy Levitt, ongumshayeli wesifazane, useze wabhala incwadi esihloko sithi “The woman and the car”, ekhuluma ngokusetshenziswa kwezibuko ezincane kwezintombi ukuze aqaphele okwenzeka ngemuva. Abashayeli besilisa—abazethemba ngokwengeziwe…—baqhubeka bephethe isibuko esandleni sabo. Ukude nesixazululo esikahle… noma kunjalo, madoda!
Lokho kusho, imodeli I-Marmon Wasp (egalari) Kuzobe kuyimoto yokuqala emhlabeni ukusebenzisa isibuko esikhombisa ngemuva. Kwakusesondo lale moto lapho uRay Harroun (osesembozweni) ethweswa umqhele wokuba ngumnqobi wokuqala we-Indianapolis 500, ngo-1911. Nokho, kwaba yiminyaka eyishumi kuphela kamuva (1921) lapho lo mbono wanikezwa ilungelo lobunikazi, egameni lika- Elmer Berger, ababefuna ukwethula ezimotweni ezikhiqiza ngobuningi.
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