Càr

'S e carbad le cuibhlichean agus motar airson giùlain a tha ann an càr.

B' e Carl Benz anns a' Ghearmailt a chruthaich a' chiad chàr mar a dh'aithnicheamaid ann an 1885.^[1]

Ro 1914 bha faisg air 50 companaidhean a rinn càraichean ann an Alba, mar eisimpleir Albion, Argyll is Arrol-Johnstone, ach rinn iad càraichean a làimh is cha b' urrainn dhaibh fheuchainn ri mòr-chinneasachadh.^[2]

Chaidh factaraidh a thogail ann an Linwood, Siorrachd Rinn Friù sna 1960an airson càr beag, an Hillman Imp, a dhèanamh.^[3] Bhuannaich Chrysler am factaraidh ann an 1967. Chaidh an t-Imp mu dheireadh a dhèanamh ann an 1976 is reic Chrysler ri Peugeot–Citroën ann an 1979. Dhùn Peugeot–Citroën am factaraidh ann an 1981.^[4]

1. ↑ “Benz Patent Motor Car: The First Automobile (1885-1886)”. Mercedes-Benz Group. Air a thogail 25mh dhen Ghiblean 2022.
2. ↑ “Social Change: Employment 1945 to 1979 - Cars - Car manufacturing in Scotland before 1960”. BBC - Education Scotland 14+. Air a thogail 26mh dhen Ghiblean 2022.
3. ↑ “Social Change: Employment 1945 to 1979 - Cars - Development”. BBC - Education Scotland 14+. Air a thogail 1d dhen Fhaoilleach 2020.
4. ↑ “Social Change: Employment 1945 to 1979 - Cars - The end of the line”. BBC - Education Scotland 14+. Air a thogail 1d dhen Fhaoilleach 2020.