Abstract:
Born in Iasi in 1863, engineer Dumitru Vasescu is the first Romanian who designed
and produced the first Romanian steam car, characterized as “the most perfect car of that
time”. Vasescu built the vehicle in Paris and it could be seen, at first, on the streets of the great
capital, representing the sensation of the time. In 1906, the constructor brought its invention to
Bucharest and was exhibited at the museum of the National School of Bridges and Roads of
Bucharest, and on the 10th of May 1906, he became a tenured professor, until his premature
death on the 29th of October 1909, because of tuberculosis.