August 13th


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1898

126 years ago

James W Read more…

1904

120 years ago

The first production Buick was sold to Dr Herbert H Hills of Flint, Michigan, US Read more…

1907

117 years ago

The first metered taxicab took to the streets of New York City Read more…

1918

106 years ago

BMW AG was entered as a new company in the Commercial Register and took over from BMW GmbH all its manufacturing assets, order book and workforce Read more…

1920

104 years ago

British manufacturer Sunbeam merged with the French company Automobiles Darracq Read more…

1927

97 years ago

Prices in the Great Britain were slashed to 1 shilling 1 pence a gallon by petrol companies, the cheapest since 1902. Read more…

1928

96 years ago

Fernand Charron (62), winner of the first Gordon Bennett Trophy, died Read more…

1930

94 years ago

Václav Laurin (64), the Czech engineer, entrepreneur and industrialist who co-founded automobile manufacturer Laurin & Klement that later became today’s Škoda Auto, died Read more…

1930

94 years ago

Charles Creighton and James Hargis completed an epic journey of 3340 miles from New York to Los Angeles by driving their 1929 Ford Model A roadster without once stopping its engine, in reverse! Read more…

1934

90 years ago

Sir Herbert Austin invited the press to see the new vehicles in the Austin Seven range – the Opal, Ruby and Pearl Read more…

1935

89 years ago

The Moon Motor Car Company plant in St Louis, Missouri, US was sold to the Cupples Company for use as a wooden match factory Read more…

1936

88 years ago

Frederick Samuel “Fred” Fish (84), American lawyer, politician and automotive manufacturing executive, died Read more…

1936

88 years ago

The Ford Motor Company’s soy bean plastics factory began operations Read more…

1941

83 years ago

The “Soybean Car”, a plastic-bodied car, was unveiled by Henry Ford at Dearborn Days, an annual community festival Read more…

1950

74 years ago

Twenty-one-year-old Fireball Roberts drove his Oldsmobile to victory in the 100-mile NASCAR Grand National event at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina, US, making him NASCAR’s youngest winner Read more…

1953

71 years ago

Pre-World War II racing legend Tazio Nuvolari was buried in Mantua, Italy, in his yellow shirt and leather helmet he wore while racing Read more…

1961

63 years ago

Junior Johnson posted a wire-to-wire victory at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in the Western North Carolina 500 (US), an event stopped after 258 of a scheduled 500 laps and punctuated by a post-race riot by angry fans Read more…

1971

53 years ago

Walter Owen Bentley (82), MBE, English engineer who designed engines for cars and aircraft, raced cars and motorcycles, and founded Bentley Motors Limited in Cricklewood near London, died Read more…

1972

52 years ago

Emerson Fittipaldi won the Austrian Grand Prix for Lotus, leading home the McLarens of Denny Hulme and Peter Revson Read more…

1977

47 years ago

Racer Bobby Isaac (45) died of a heart attack caused by heat exhaustion suffered while driving in a NASCAR Late Model Sportsman event at Hickory, North Carolina (US) Read more…

1978

46 years ago

Ronnie Peterson took his 10th and ultimately final Grand Prix victory, winning in Austria for Lotus Read more…

1983

41 years ago

(13th-21st ): To demonstrate the reliability of its car’s, Mercedes-Benz set a number of world records with the Mercedes 190E Read more…

1984

40 years ago

Ford acquired the remaining 49 percent interest in Pilkington Glass Industries Ltd Read more…

1989

35 years ago

Famed French Grand Prix driver and restaurateur, Rene Dreyfus (87), who raced automobiles for 14 years in the 1920s and 1930s, the Golden Era of Grand Prix motor racing, died from a heart attack Read more…

1989

35 years ago

Nigel Mansell stormed through from 12th on the grid to win the Hungarian Grand Prix for Ferrari Read more…

1989

35 years ago

NASCAR Winston Cup driver, Tim Richmmond (34) died of complications from AIDS Read more…

1995

29 years ago

Damon Hill led home David Coulthard in a British and Williams 1-2 at the Hungarian Grand Prix Read more…

1995

29 years ago

Bobby Isaac (46) died of a heart attack, following a race at Hickory Speedway, North Carolina Read more…

2000

24 years ago

Steve Park created an upset at Watkins Glen, New York (US) for his first victory in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Read more…

2001

23 years ago

The Hungarian Grand Prix saw Michael Schumacher win his fourth World Championship and equal Alain Prost’s record of 51 Grand Prix victories Read more…

2003

21 years ago

The Ford SVT F-150 Lightning earned the title ‘World’s Fastest Production Pickup’, according to Guinness World Records, after reaching 147 mph at the Michigan Proving Grounds of the Ford Motor Company. Read more…

2006

18 years ago

Around 25,000 people lined the streets of Manchester in the UK as six A1GP race cars roared around the city centre, reaching speeds of up to 170mph Read more…

2013

11 years ago

Polaris announced three all-new Indian-branded motorcycles based on the traditional styling of the Indian marque, along with the Thunder Stroke 111 V-twin engine Read more…

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