Automobile
An automobile was a type of land vehicle used by a variety of species from different planets. They were used primarily for transportation of people, goods, and materials.

On Earth, automobiles were seen as a source of status and virility. They were "often a prime ingredient in teenage mating rituals." ()

Many automobiles were ed by internal combustion engines, which were fueled by fossil fuel. However, this may have not been the case by the year 2061, although the records are unclear. ()

Examples of automobiles included, most commonly, cars, but also encompassed jeeps, karts, trucks, vans, buses and buggies.

Typically, automobiles were self-propelled vehicles designed for land-based travel. The hovercar, which is an automobile capable of traveling above the ground, came around in the 2030s, but still didn't completely replace traditional automobiles, which were around at least as late as the 24th century. (; )

History 
In San Francisco in the year 1893, a bellboy named Jack London went across town to get a time warped Data some parts for a machine he was building. The bellboy believed that he was building a motor for an automobile, or "horseless carriage". He asked Data if he thought there was money in that business. He then asked Data if Data would like to build the vehicles, and then he could sell them for him. ()

The Ford Model T was considered the first production model automobile of the 20th century. ()

In 1968, Agent 347 and Agent 201 were killed in an automobile accident on Highway 949, just ten miles away from McKinley Rocket Base. Gary Seven found it terribly sad that they had been killed by a mere accident, rather than the line of duty. ()

At the 2003 State of the Union Address, George W. Bush mentioned his plans for introducing hydrogen automobiles. ()

When Klaang was brought to San Francisco after being shot in Oklahoma, a number of automobiles can be seen driving across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the nighttime skyline. ()

In 22nd century Valakis, automobiles were a common sight on the streets and s of that world. ()

In 2152, there was a Jeep that was patrolling Detention Complex 26 in the Tandar sector. ()

In Hoshi Sato's fear induced dream, Doctor Phlox told her that when automobiles were first invented people likely had experienced the same fear that she was facing regarding transporter technology. ()

After Jonathan Archer restored a damaged timeline, an early automobile was seen in the time stream as the timeline realigned itself. ()

In San Francisco in the year 2154, when Jonathan Archer went to a bar where he ran into Hernandez; a number of automobiles could be seen driving across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the nighttime skyline. ()

That same year, just before Hoshi Sato and Doctor Phlox left Madame Chang's Mandarin Cafe, a number of automobiles could be seen driving across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the San Francisco skyline. ()

In the 2240s in the alternate reality created by Nero's incursion, young  was chased by a policeman after he went joyriding in his 's convertible. Kirk nearly went over a cliff in the vehicle. ()

In 2255 of the alternate reality, when a young Jim Kirk was at the Shipyard Bar, and many bar patrons were Starfleet cadets, there were a number of automobiles in the parking lot. There was also an automobile driving down the street, passing the building. ()

In Paris in 2257 when Michael Burnham was informed by Sarek that the President of the United Federation of Planets gave her a full pardon, a number of automobiles were driving on nearby roads. ()

The planet Sigma Iotia II possessed a technology level comparable to 1930s Earth, complete with paved roads and Model T type automobiles. ()  

On the planet 892-IV of the System 892, an internal combustion engine driven automobile, called the Jupiter 8, was manufactured in 2268. ()

On the Federation colony planet Omicron Ceti III, there were no automobiles or any other vehicles used by the settlers of the planet, as it wasn't thought to be necessary, because the purpose of the colony was to "return to a less complicated life." ()

In the 2270s, large tubes were used on the Golden Gate Bridge for automobile traffic, tubes which were not in place when the bridge was originally constructed. ()

In 2285 at the San Francisco bar, a Federation Security agent offered to give Doctor McCoy a ride home, giving the implication that the doctor was too drunk to drive an automobile. The real reason he offered him a ride home was because McCoy was negotiating payment to an alien that he was going to hire to get him off-world to the forbidden planet known as . After the security agent asked him for a ride McCoy answered: "What's the logic in offering me a ride home you idiot?! If I wanted a ride home, would I be trying to charter a spaceflight?!" ()

In 2364, Captain Jean-Luc Picard sees automobiles in the streets of New York City in his Dixon Hill holoprogram. Later, when he is telling his crew about them in the observation lounge, Worf misunderstands the captain, thinking he said "otto-moveels." Data then tells Worf he is referring to an "ancient Earth device, used primarily for transportation." He goes on to say that they were often seen as a source of status and virility, and often a prime ingredient in teenage mating rituals. ()

In 2365, while the Enterprise away team was in a hotel modeled after the main  of Hotel Royale, Texas told Data that he had a '91 Cadillac. Data then asked him where his automobile was at. He then told him it was located "out front, I suppose. What the hell difference does it make?" ()

In 2366, when Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Commander William T. Riker was taking a tour of the capital city on Angosia III, three automobiles could be seen driving down a street. ()

In 2369, when Commander Benjamin Sisko visited Kai Opaka on Bajor for the first time, two automobiles were driving by on streets in the Bajoran capital's skyline. ()

One type of automobile, called a ground assault vehicle, was used by the Klingon Empire, and it was mounted with a targ scoop, a device which emitted a high frequency to disperse large herds of targs so as to clear a path for the vehicle. ()

In the year: 2372, in an alternate timeline in which Harry Kim never joined the crew of the USS Voyager; a number of automobiles were parked along the edge of a street in one of Marseille's waterfront areas. ()

In 2376, while playing the Fair Haven holoprogram, Tom Paris crashed his automobile and lost a wheel, apparently due to a clutch malfunction. ()

In 2399, there was a bridge in Stardust City on the planet Freecloud that was flooded with automobile traffic. ()

In 3189, the crew of the  watched a silent film called Sherlock Jr. in the shuttlebay, which had a scene with antique automobiles of the 1920s shown parked on the street. ()

Sometime in the far future, a man named Craft was forced to watch a cartoon called Snow-White 811 times. An old-fashioned automobile with a skeleton in it was shown in the cartoon during the scene where the seven dwarfs were carrying Betty Boop in her ice coffin. ()

Models and types 
 American Motor Corporation
 AMC Hornet
 Aptera Typ-1
 BMW
 BMW 2002
 BMW 3 Cabrio
 BMW R75
 Chrysler Corporation
 Chrysler
 Chrysler LeBaron
 Jeep
 Jeep Wrangler
 Plymouth
 Plymouth Belvedere
 Plymouth Satellite
 Dodge
 Dodge 600
 Dodge Half-Ton Pickup Truck
 Dodge Lancer
 Dodge Ram
 Dodge WC63
 Citroën
 Citroën 11 B
 Citroën 2CV Charleston
 Grumman LLV
 Datsun
 Datsun 510
 Datsun Truck
 Duesenberg
 Ford Motor Company
 Edsel
 Ford 
 Ford Crown Victoria
 Ford Escort
 Ford Falcon
 Ford LTD Country Squire
 Ford Model 51
 Ford Model A
 Ford Model T
 Ford Mustang
 Ford Tempo
 Ford Taurus
 Ford truck
 Lincoln
 Lincoln Continental Mark VII
 Lincoln Town Car
 Mercury
 Mercury Capri
 Fiat 
 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
 Fiat X1/9
 General Motors
 Buick
 Buick LeSabre
 Buick Master Six
 Buick Riviera
 Cadillac
 Cadillac Series 353
 Cadillac Seville
 Cadillac V-12
 Chevrolet
 Chevrolet Bel Air
 Chevrolet C 30 Step Van
 Chevrolet Camaro
 Chevrolet Caprice
 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
 Chevrolet Chevette
 Chevrolet Corvette
 Chevrolet Suburban
 Chevrolet Townsman
 Chevrolet truck
 GM
 GM New Look
 Oldsmobile
 Oldsmobile Ciera
 Oldsmobile Curved Dash
 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais
 Pontiac
 Pontiac Firebird
 Pontiac Fiero
 Honda 
 Honda Accord
 Honda Civic
 Jupiter 8
 Lada
 Mazda
 Mazda B-Series
 Mazda GLC
 Mercedes-Benz
 Mercedes-Benz 770
 Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse
 Nissan
 Nissan 280ZX
 Nissan Sentra
 Packard
 Toyota
 Toyota Avalon
 Toyota Camry
 Toyota Celica
 Toyota Corolla
 Toyota Corona
 Toyota Cressida
 Toyota Fine-N
 Tesla, Inc.
 Tesla Model X
 Volkswagen
 Volkswagen Beetle
 Volkswagen Jetta
 Volkswagen Kübelwagen
 Volkswagen Rabbit
 Volkswagen Type 2

Gallery

Appendices

See also  
 Battery
 Bumper sticker
 Car salesman
 Clutch
 Crankcase
 Dealership
 Engine
 License plate
 Parking brake
 Race car
 Radiator
 Taxi
 Woofer

Background information 

A deleted scene from the  second season episode  features a futuristic automobile.

In a deleted scene from , it is mentioned by Trip about his grandfather, who may have been Charles Tucker I, or possibly the grandfather on his mother's side. He said that when he "turned eighty, he gave up his business. They practically had to drag him from his garage. He repaired antique automobiles...."

External links 

 
 Automobiles in Star Trek at IMCDb.org

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