The world's most influential cars

The article “The world’s most influential cars” frames a selection of vehicles that reshaped the motor industry through manufacturing, engineering, and design changes. It begins with the 1908 Ford Model T, noting it was not the first mass-produced car, but that mass production was driven by Ford’s affordability, with more than half of America’s cars at one point being Model Ts. It contrasts this with the Oldsmobile Curved Dash (1901–1907), and then highlights the 1923 Lancia Lambda, which introduced monocoque construction that would not become mainstream until the 1960s. The piece moves to the 1934 Chrysler Airflow, influential even without commercial success for pushing aerodynamic efficiency. It also cites the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette’s glassfibre body shell concept, the 1955 Citroën DS for bringing disc brakes to the road, and the 1959 Mini for combining transverse engine and front-wheel drive in an affordable package.