During the 1920’s cars progressed from being fairly sparce and utilitarian vehicles to practical vehicles that were more reliable, comfortable, technically innovative, and stylish. Manufacturers strived to out-do each other in advancements in all aspects of automobile construction and styling in order to increase their market share and profits.

As cars became more mechanically reliable, comfortable, and easier to drive, women became the targets of 1920’s car advertisements.

You can see some wonderful pictures of 1920’s cars, car engines and bonnet decorations at the 1920’s Cars web-page at Squidoo. The diversity of colors and styles of these early cars is amazing. Equally amazing is the rapid pace of technological advancements during this period. Most of the automotive technological advancements of the last century occurred in the nineteen-twenties, with the exception of electronics, of course.

Four wheel brakes, pneumatic tires, sophisticated suspension systems, hybrid power-trains, torque converters, car-radios, leaded fuel, and new engine configurations were but a few of the automotive developments of the 1920’s.

Henry Ford was able to reduce the cost of cars to a level that most people could afford, through innovative methods of mass production using assembly-line methods. Car factories employed thousands of workers and whole new industries sprang up to service the automobile.

New and improved roads facilitated the growth in road transport and travel, so that the automobile became an essential part of everyday life.

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