Compléter Relative clausesVersion en ligne Complete the text with appropriate relative pronouns. par Florencia Campodónico 1 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 .