History of Power Steering in Motor Cars / Automobiles

6.10 Power Steering

• Sometime between 1920 and 1926 Francis Davis and George Jessup (Americans) invented a hydraulic power steering system.

• In 1926 it was tested in a Pierce-Arrow vehicle.

• The Chrysler Imperial became the first production vehicle to be fitted with a power steering system in 1951. The system was called “Hydraguide”.