An
automobile
,
or
motor
car
,
is
defined
as
a
vehicle
with
wheels
____________________
has
its
own
engine
or
motor
and
____________________
is
used
mainly
for
transporting
passengers
.
The
invention
of
the
automobile
goes
back
to
1886
,
when
the
German
inventor
Karl
Benz
,
____________________
is
generally
regarded
as
the
inventor
of
the
first
modern
automobile
,
introduced
the
Motorwagen
to
the
public
.
Motorized
vehicles
soon
started
to
replace
animal
-
powered
carriages
,
____________________
had
for
centuries
been
the
main
form
of
long
-
distance
transport
.
The
first
affordable
automobile
____________________
sold
in
large
numbers
was
the
Model
T
,
____________________
was
introduced
in
the
USA
in
1908
and
____________________
was
produced
by
Henry
Ford
,
____________________
Ford
Motor
Company
had
been
founded
in
1903
.
Many
other
automobile
manufacturers
soon
began
producing
vehicles
in
the
same
way
as
Ford
,
and
by
the
1930s
there
were
hundreds
of
different
automobile
companies
around
the
world
.