Which came first: vulcanized rubber wheels or the automobile?

Goodyear claimed that he discovered vulcanization in 1839, but did not patent the invention until June 15, 1844 – Wikipedia

Also, if you wiki automobiles you’ll see a number of inventions, depending on what you think qualifies the answer changes. :)

François Isaac de Rivaz, a Swiss inventor, designed the first internal combustion engine, in 1806, which was fueled by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen and used it to develop the world’s first vehicle, albeit rudimentary, to be powered by such an engine. – Wikipedia

I’m going with automobile. Some dates are as far back as the 1600s.

i believe its the automobile. It comes wth the steel wheel but i think they quickly realise that steel wheels are crap and reduces car efficiency and then they look into other solution and now we have vulvanised rubber wheel. The air cushion allows the car to glide better.

@Asmonet “Holy Detroit, Batgirl! It looks like the automakers have been sitting on inventions for longer than since the 1960’s!”

Hahaha, yeah, there’s a whole history behind why we use gasoline and other stuff…it’s fascinating. And a little bit disgusting.