Did you ever wonder how your car works? Surely, there are enthusiasts who thoroughly understand the principles of an internal combustion engine and can talk about the differences between the Atkinson and Miller cycles. I can’t boast such deep knowledge myself, but I’m not the only one. Most people now see a modern car as a mode of transport to move from one location to another; they never think about what is going on inside the vehicle when the driver, for example, presses the accelerator or turns the steering wheel. Let us try and trace the evolution of the car to understand how those changes have affected us and may affect us more in the future.