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This dimension groups vehicles by the year they were introduced. Some years mark a genuine turning point, such as when "the Ford Motor Company further revolutionized automobile production by developing and selling its Ford Model T at a relatively modest price," as Wikipedia records of 1908. Browsing by year places a vehicle in the wider timeline of transport history.

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1885 1
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1. Wikipedia: Motorcycle
WikipediaMotorcycle, History section
Quote, Motorcycle, History section
The 1885 Daimler Reitwagen made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Germany was the first internal combustion petroleum-fueled motorcycle.
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