August 29th


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1885

137 years ago

The world’s first motorcycle, the Reitwagen (“riding car”) or Einspur (“single track”), was patented Read more…

1898

124 years ago

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in Akron, Ohio, US by Frank Seiberling, who purchased the company’s first plant with money he borrowed from his brother-in-law Read more…

1914

108 years ago

The last hillclimb held in England before World War I, organised by the Coventry and Warwickshire Motor Club at Style Kop, Staffordshire, was won by William Morris (Lord Nuffield) driving a Morris Oxford Read more…

1917

105 years ago

The Lincoln Motor Company was founded in Detroit, US by Henry Leland, a former manager of the Cadillac division of General Motors, and his son, Wilfred Leland Read more…

1935

87 years ago

Astrid, Queen of the Belgians (34) died while she and her husband were driving along the winding, narrow roads near their villa at Küssnacht am Rigi, Schwyz, Switzerland on the shores of Lake Lucerne Read more…

1957

65 years ago

Edgar L Longaker (75), inventor of the automobile ignition battery, died in Norristown, Pennsylvania, US Read more…

1957

65 years ago

US officials tested the ‘Drunkometer’, which measured the amount of alcohol on the breath Read more…

1964

58 years ago

Graham Hill won the Tourist Trophy race at Goodwood, England, driving a Ferrari 330P Read more…

1976

46 years ago

British driver James Hunt driving a McLaren M23 won the Dutch Grand Prix on his 29th birthday Read more…

1982

40 years ago

Keke Rosberg won the 1982 world championship with Williams despite winning just one race all season at the Swiss Grand Prix Read more…

1990

32 years ago

Autocar magazine tested and famously published on its front cover: ‘Ford’s new Escort meets its rivals… and loses.’ This headline and the accompanying feature led to Ford halting production of the new Mark IV Escort in order to fit the 1.4-litre-engine versions with anti-roll bars. Read more…

1992

30 years ago

Darrell Waltrip scampered to victory in the Bud 500 at Bristol, Tennessee (US), the first race at the facility since the track was resurfaced with concrete Read more…

1999

23 years ago

David Coulthard won the Belgian Grand Prix after clashing with team-mate Mika Hakkinen into the first corner Read more…

1999

23 years ago

Christie’s Auction House celebrated their 10th year on the Monterey Peninsula by holding an auction that in just over two hours sold more than $15 million worth of cars Read more…

2003

19 years ago

Excel Motors, a fledgling Jamaican automaker, exported the Caribbean island’s first locally manufactured car to the Bahamas Read more…

2004

18 years ago

Contested over 44 laps, the Belgian Grand Prix was won by Kimi Räikkönen, taking his and McLaren’s only race win of the season from tenth place on the grid Read more…

2004

18 years ago

The inaugural Porsche Festival at Brands Hatch attracted the largest ever gathering of Porsche cars in the world Read more…

2011

11 years ago

In India, car production was halted at the factory in Manesar after the Japanese-controlled firm Maruti Suzuki accused some workers of sabotaging production and ‘deliberately causing quality problems’. Read more…

2017

5 years ago

Hyundai Motor Co Read more…

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