A: Daimler's wire-wheel car was the first automobile shown at a World Fair, in this case the 1889 Paris Expo. The first vehicle to use four wire-wheels, it was taken to the expo by Gottlieb Daimler. A new V-type engine was installed capable of firing 600 rounds per minute, which created the equivalent of 2 horsepower. Daimler's invention was considered a key milestone in the development of the automobile.

Seventeen years later, the first car museum was founded for the Milan Expo in 1906, effectively taking the world into a new era.