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Can you imagine our world without cars? We have only had cars for about 20 years. People laughed at the first cars. They were slow and noisy. Two German engineers, Daimler and Benz, made the first car with a gasoline engine in 1885. It had only three wheels.

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From about 1905, companies like Rolls-Royce started to make cars. They were very expensive because people made each car by hand. Then, in 1913, the Ford Motor Company started to make their Model T car in a special factory. Ford’s factories produced cars quickly, so the Model T was less expensive than other cars. By 1927, there were more than 15 million Model Ts on the roads.

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Gasoline in the USA was cheap and people wanted to travel long distances, so by 1950, American cars were large. In Europe and Asia, drivers preferred small cars that were better in city traffic.

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Sports cars, like the Bugatti Veyroli, are low. This helps the car to go fast because air can move easily over it. The Bugatti Veyron goes faster than 400 kilometres per hour. It costs 1,5 million american dollars, and the people who make the cars have only sold a few hundred since they started to produce them in 2005.

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The Peel P50 is the smallest car in the world. It was first made in 1963. It is 134 centimetres long and 99 centimetres wide. Its top speed is 61 kilometres per hour.

The world’s longest car is the American Dream. It has 24 wheels and it is 30,5 metres long! It has a swimming pool and a helicopter can land on it.

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Welcome to the tour about the USA all year round!

The tour begins with three days in New York City, the largest and busiest city in the USA. You can see the Statue of Liberty, visit the city’s museums and spend an evening at Carnegie Hall, one of the best concert halls in the world. The city has a rich and varied culture, so there is plenty to see and do.

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In Washington, DC, the capital of the USA, you will tour the White House, the most famous building in the city and home to the President. You will also visit Georgetown, the oldest neighbourhood in Washington, DC. For history lovers, Washington, DC has more than 3000 memorials and statues, and there are several museums.

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Our next stop is beautiful Chicago, which is the third largest US city. Its skyline contains one of the tallest buildings in the world, the Sears Tower. The shore of Lake Michigan offers beautiful scenery with open parks and beaches.

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We will spend three days in the wonderful desert resort of Las Vegas, visiting the city’s most famous attraction, The Strip — a collection of luxury hotels and casinos for fantastic entertainment.

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The last stop on our tour is one of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities. San Francisco is full of amazing sights, from San Francisco Bay, one of the finest natural harbours, to the Twin Peaks of mount Davidson and mount Sutro, the largest of the city’s hills. You will also eat out in the Chinatown, the largest Chinese community outside Asia.