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1902
122 years ago
President Theodore Roosevelt became the first US chief executive to ride in a car Read more…
1902
122 years ago
Cadillac, which is among the oldest automobile brands in the world, second in America only to fellow GM marque Buick, was founded in Detroit, Michigan, US Read more…
1927
97 years ago
Brothers Alfred J, Lawrence P, Charles T, Frederick J, William A, Howard A, and Edward F FIsher performed the ground breaking ritual for the new Fisher Building in Detroit, Michigan, US Read more…
1937
87 years ago
Mercedes finished 1-2-3 at the Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten Read more…
1938
86 years ago
In Cambridge (England), Austin tested a gearless, clutchless car. Read more…
1938
86 years ago
Perry L Read more…
1954
70 years ago
Juan-Manuel Fangio won the Swiss Grand Prix to become World Drivers Championship for the second time Read more…
1954
70 years ago
American Motors and the Packard Motor Car Company signed a reciprocal accord whereby Packard would apply AMC with V-8 engine, and AMC would supply automobile bodies to Packard Read more…
1956
68 years ago
Billy Myers scored the last of his two victories in NASCAR’s premier series, lapping the field in a 250-lap feature at Norfolk Speedway, Virginia, US Read more…
1959
65 years ago
The last 1959 Ford Thunderbird was produced Read more…
1962
62 years ago
President Charles de Gaulle of France survived one of several assassination attempts against him thanks to the Citroën DS 19, known as ‘La Déesse’ (‘The Goddess’) Read more…
1963
61 years ago
Britain’s most successful car tycoon, William Morris, aka the Lord Nuffield who gave away over £30 million to worthy causes, died aged 85 Read more…
1965
59 years ago
Jochen Rindt won the Austrian Grand Prix for sports cars at Zeltweg behind the wheel of a Ferrari 250LM Read more…
1967
57 years ago
The front-engine, rear wheel drive, two-door hardtop AMC Javelin made its debut and the new models were offered for sale from September 26, 1967 with prices starting at $2,743 Read more…
1969
55 years ago
Richard Petty drove a Ford Torino to victory in the NASCAR stockcar race at Winston-Salem, North Carolina Read more…
1980
44 years ago
Alfred Neubauer (89) racing manager of the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix team from 1926 to 1955, died Read more…
1982
42 years ago
John Fitzpatrick and David Hobbs won the IMSA Pabst 500 IMSA race at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin in a Porsche Read more…
1983
41 years ago
Nimrod Racing Automobiles was disbanded Read more…
1984
40 years ago
The last Volkswagen Rabbit rolled off the assembly line in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, US Read more…
1999
25 years ago
Juan Pablo Montoya won the CART Target Grand Prix at the Chicago Motor Speedway in Cicero, Illinois, US Read more…
2000
24 years ago
In Japan Mitsubishi Motors admitted that it had concealed tens of thousands customer complaints about automobile defects since 1977 Read more…
2004
20 years ago
Al Dvorin the announcer who popularised the phrase “Elvis has left the building” died in a car crash, on his way home from an Elvis convention in California Read more…
2005
19 years ago
South Korea’s Kia Motors Corporation launched an assembly line producing its Spectra model at a Russian factory Read more…
2016
8 years ago
The world’s first self-driving taxis, operated by autonomous vehicle software startup nuTonomy, began picking up passengers in Singapore Read more…
2019
5 years ago
French insurer AXA stated that electric luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) may be 40% more likely to cause accidents than their standard engine counterparts, possibly because drivers are still getting used to their quick acceleration Read more…
