A car says a lot about a person. In fact, 62% of respondents to one survey asserted that they can deduce something about a person’s personality based on the vehicle they drive. The history of motor vehicles is a rich one, beginning as early as 1769. The automobile as we know it was patented in 1886, and the hundred years following its introduction were jam packed with new developments. The windshield wiper was patented in 1905 by Mary Anderson, at Allen Breed created the first electromechanical airbag in 1968. U.S. cars today are already vastly different from those of the mid 20th century, though other countries like Cuba are veritable museums of mid 20th century cars. Following the trade embargo in 1959, no U.S. cars have been sent to the nation with the result that “yank tanks” or “maquinas”, pre 195