

They complemented each other by their beauty and class. These European 1920’s cars were bought by the rich and famous, in Europe and in the Americas. These 1920’s cars competed with the very expensive cars below, a Rolls Royce, a fine Europe-built car. By 1923, closed sedans became more common than open cars making these 1920’s cars more comfortable. By the end of the 1920’s however, cars had advanced enough in terms of style, speed and beauty with high levels of comfort and safety. Most of the early cars were open tourers but it didn’t take long before they were enclosed and fitted with heaters to improve passenger comfort. Safety glass that did not shatter when broken was introduced in these automobiles and helped prevent serious injury from even minor accidents.Īt the start of the decade, cars were very basic but still a vast improvement over horse and buggy. In the cars of the 1920’s, cars for the first time had mechanical brakes on all four wheels.
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Early cars had mechanical brakes only on the rear wheels requiring a great deal of force from the driver to stop the car. The braking system of the cars improved as cars became more powerful and traffic increased. For example, front wheel drive, four wheel drive, electric powered cars, and even hybrid fuel/electric cars.


Many of the automobile innovations that we assume of as being modern were in fact introduced in the 1920’s. The 20s Were The Era Where Automobiles Came of Age – Here’s a Little History & The Greatest Cars Of The 1920s 1920s Car Historyġ920’s cars saw many technical advances that improved the functions of the automobile.
