These American automotive innovations transformed how cars are built, driven, and experienced.
America may not have invented the car— Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was steaming around France in 1769, and Karl Benz first chugged around Manheim Germany in his one-banger Patent Motorwagen in 1886. But American ingenuity has certainly helped perfect the concept of automobility in the years since. Herewith we present a grossly incomplete list of 12 of the greatest American automotive innovations.