In Britain, there had been a number of attempts to build steam vehicles with various levels of success, with Thomas Rickett even making an attempt a manufacturing run in 1860. Santler from Malvern is recognized by the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain as having made the first gasoline-powered automobile within the nation in 1894, adopted by Frederick William Lanchester in 1895, but these have been each one-offs.
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The word “automobile” is a classical compound derived from the Ancient Greek phrase autós (αὐτός), meaning “self”, and the Latin phrase mobilis, that means “movable”. It entered the English language from French, and was first adopted by the Automobile Club of Great Britain in 1897. Over time, the word “car” fell out of favour in Britain, and was changed by “motor automotive”. “Automobile” remains chiefly North American, particularly as a formal or business term.
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