X01 CARRO DI CUGNOT 1769

Designed by Nicolas Joseph CUGNOT, a French military engineer and tested on 23/10/1769, this is considered the first steam car in the world, called FARDIER, carrying weights or burdens, reaching speeds of 3.5-4 km / hour and it was to be used to carry the Gribeauval cannon. Its autonomy was 15 minutes due to its small boiler. While the original is exhibited at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, a functional replica existed since 2010 at Void-Vacon in France, Cugnot's hometown, one at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum in Florida in the United States, and a 7/10 scale replica at the Turin Automobile Museum.