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First Car And Car Owner |
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Transport - Land |
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The first car in Singapore was a 4.5 horsepower Benz Victoria nicknamed ‘The Coffee Machine’ owned by Charles Burton Buckley. He brought the car into Singapore in 1896. Its top speed was 18.6 mph and it had to be started by putting a spoonful of petrol into the carburetor and lighting it with a match to warm it up, and then hand-turning a large flywheel at the rear. Due to a delay in registration, his car was registered as S6. By 1918, there were 1,800 motorised vehicles on the roads. |
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