Auto exhaust cupids.  (It doesn't just mean that love is exhausting.  It's a reference to auto racer Lydston Grandville "Cupid" Hornsted.)  From Le Régiment, 1913.

Ultra-reclining seats.  From The Judge, 1916.

Ramming the pyramids.  (The caption identifies this as a symbol of ambition, though we mistook it for futility or suicide.)  From The Judge, 1913.

From The Saturday Evening Post, 1919.

"Flirting with death," from Popular Mechanics, 1927.

From Die Muskete, 1913.

Here's a precursor to the British comedy series Keeping Up Appearances, and it's even captioned with that name!  From Cartoons Magazine, 1920.

"Grotesque German design makes auto like whale."  From Popular Mechanics, 1920 (top) and 1914 (bottom).

"Roll, Britannia!"  From The Sketch, 1903.

Here's a precursor to the Ford Mercury automobile, ten years before it debuted.  From Die Bühne, 1928.  (Indeed, it's technically Lohengrin and not Mercury thanking Mr. Ford for the ride, but that winged hat!)