Motor cars were 1 made in England just before 1990.The parts for the bodies and engines(发动机)were hand-made and the cars built from these one 2 .This 3 a long time and the cars cost a lot of money.
Some of these old cars are 4 running and every year 5 a race(竞赛)from London to Brighton.
The car makers had to find a quicker and 6 way of making cars so that more people could buy them.Instead of making all the parts at their own works, some car makers 7 other factories to do this.The parts were only fitted together by the car makers.
An American whose name was Henry Ford found a quick way of making cars.He had a group of men who fitted together each part of a car.Then the men 8 to another car.Other men brought the parts to them.
When the cars were finished, they were driven away and another line of cars was started.
Today the cars are carried by a moving track(输送带).Modern car making works are 9 large that each one is really a lot factories close together. 10 of men and women work in each factory and make assemble(装配)by many different parts of cars.