It is an aluminium skateboard with four pneumatic tyres and a hand-held throttle.
John Dunlop, a Scottish veterinary surgeon, is credited with introducing the pneumatic tyre, manufacturing them first for bicycles in 1889.
It eventually had pneumatic tyres fitted and electric lights.
The Rover safety model, built at Coventry from 1885, had a rear-wheel chain drive and from 1888 pneumatic tyres could be fitted.
It has no efficient braking system, no pneumatic tyres, no clutch, lights or mirrors and has inadequate steering.
They point out that carts in other States have shifted to pneumatic tyres and axles with leaf-springs to lessen the load on the animals and enable faster transport.
Besides, animal-drawn vehicles that are fitted with pneumatic tyres would cause less road damage and accidents.
It was the first four wheeled petrol car to run on pneumatic tyres.