The first ever four wheeled road car was built by Carl Benz in 1886. In the 130 years leading up to today in 2016, the car industry has gone through a tremendous amount of changes to be where it is today. Today, we use cars for everything and see them everywhere. There are hundreds of millions of automobiles plying the roads all over the world. We use automobiles for transportation of goods, for commuting, for military purposes, for military purposes, as well as for the trip to the grocery store. In fact, automobiles in today’s world have become a need.
 

Classic Automobiles

This wasn’t the case when automobiles were first introduced, though. When cars started becoming available for purchase by the public, they were so expensive that only the richest of the rich could afford them. Cars were a big luxury in that era and common people could only ever dream of owning a car. But a few decades letter, cars became considerably cheaper and mass production of cars started. The common people were now able to buy cars and thus began the influence of automobiles over our society and culture, which has carried through till now and will always do so.

Popular Classic Automobiles

Rich car enthusiasts are always in search of classic automobiles to acquire. Classic cars, especially the iconic ones such as the Ferrari 250 GTO, the Rolls Royce Phantom II, are in great demand as these cars are great examples of early car design, manufacturing and design. These cars are considered pieces of art and are also extremely difficult to find. Only a few classic cars still remain in working order, though many car restorers are working on restoring ruined classic cars into their pristine working state. Due to how rare they are, how much work goes into restoring them, and their sheer beauty and elegance, classic cars are auctioned off to millionaire car enthusiasts for many millions of dollars.

In over 130 years of automobile history, the industry has given to the world some iconic cars that are still remembered and loved by car enthusiasts. Some of these classic automobiles are the 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, the 1948 Tucker Torpedo, the 1960 Aston Martin DB4 Zagato, the Ferrari 250 GT from 1960, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe, the Ford GT40, the Aston Martin DB5, the BMW M1 and many other such iconic classic cars. They’re auctioned for millions of dollars.