There is no wife in the wife cake! Is the classic car delivered to Grandpa? Our ordinary people can't afford to climb the classic car!
Classic cars, also known as classical cars, generally refer to cars that were older or older before World War II. Classic cars are a product of nostalgia, cars that people used in the past and can still work today.
The concept of classic cars began in 1973 and appeared in a British magazine "Celebrity and Classic Cars", although its literal translation should be "classic old car", but because of the strong anthropomorphic color of the word "classic car", it was quickly recognized by classic car enthusiasts, and quickly spread, becoming a unified name for old cars by enthusiasts around the world.
Melbourne Classic Motor Show
However, there is still no accepted standard definition of classic cars, and car historians and classic car enthusiasts are still arguing. The American Classic Car Club lists its preferred brand or model (e.g., produced between 1925 and 1948) as a full classic, defined as an "extraordinary car with excellent design, high craftsmanship standards and production", with a preference for American brands, and European products.
Not every car is eligible to be a classic car, and good maintenance is an important prerequisite. There are not many cars with classic designs on the market, just as most cars nowadays are low-cost four-door family cars, just a means of transportation. All that defines classic cars is not old cars! Classic cars still have a very high threshold.
The first car in China was actually the car of Empress Dowager Cixi
Did you know that China's first car was owned by Empress Dowager Cixi more than 100 years ago? This is a veritable classic car, oh! No, it should be called the Queen's Car!
When Empress Dowager Cixi was 67 years old, everyone wanted to show a hand in front of the empress, as the minister of Beiyang Yuan Shikai in order to please the empress, spent a whole ten thousand oceans, imported a German Mercedes-Benz car, gave it to Empress Dowager Cixi as a birthday gift, to know that at this time, Mercedes-Benz company has just been established, and the Mercedes-Benz car that Yuan Shikai bought at that time is also the second generation of Mercedes-Benz products, and what is more bullish is that this car is still a car designed by the founder of Mercedes-Benz Company - Carl Benz, It is worth mentioning that the cars at that time used steam power, so they were called cars. From this point of view, this car is definitely the first classic car in China.