MINI BELIEVE IT OR NOT –

In 1911, Milton Reeves invented a car with eight wheels and called it the Overland Octo-Auto.

  • Milton thought that more wheels would lead to a smoother ride
  • The car was over 20-feet long, had two more axles and eight wheels
  • Reeves didn’t get a single order for his car
  • One year after the car had failed, Reeves invented the Sexto-auto, a car with 6 wheels
  • Reeves is known for having invented the muffler. Which begs to know how he could get that so right, but cars so wrong

Octo-Auto