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The Highland was one of the first types of automobiles to be offered for sale in Australia, firstly in 1894 as a primitive motorised tricycle, then two years later as a four-wheeled, two-seater vehicle using bicycle components. [11] The first true cars made in Australia were steam cars.
Colonel Harley Tarrant built his first car in 1901. After a small number of motor vehicles were built, it became apparent that it was uneconomic to build indigenous vehicles, in the face of overseas technology. Tarrant assumed the responsibility for distribution of Ford automobiles in Victoria in 1908, and production of Tarrants ceased. The ...
English: 1902 Trevethan, the first car made in Queensland.. The Trevethan is a motor buggy based around a 1 1/2 horsepower, single cylinder De Dion engine, and is thought to be the first Queensland-made car. It was made by Thomas and Walter Trevethan in their Coach Works in Neil Street, Toowoomba in 1901-2, largely to their own design.
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The Toyota Tiara was the first Toyota model assembled by AMI. Australian Motor Industries assembled the first Toyota car built outside Japan in April 1963, the Toyota Tiara. [15] Assembly of Toyotas by AMI expanded in the 1960s to include the Crown, Corona, and Corolla at the Port Melbourne facility.
Today, this is known as "the first Marcus car" but would be better described as a cart. His second car, built and run in 1875 according to some sources, was the first gasoline-driven car and is housed at the Vienna Technical Museum. [30] [31] However, the latest research shows that it was not built until 1888/89. [32]
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For motor vehicle manufacturing companies of Australia see Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Australia Wikimedia Commons has media related to Automobiles of Australia . All articles relating to Australian cars .