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1904
119 years ago
Frank V Read more…
1909
114 years ago
The Gramm-Logan Motor Car Company of Bowling Green, Ohio, US registered is name as a trademark, said to be styled in handwriting of Benjamin A Gramm Read more…
1913
110 years ago
The Lincoln Highway, the first improved coast-to-coast highway for motor vehicles across America, had its first section opened in New Jersey, between Jersey City and Newark Read more…
1922
101 years ago
William Kissel and Friedrich Werner received an American patent for their removable car top on KisselKar and Kissel automobiles, eight years after they first offered the invention Read more…
1923
100 years ago
Purfina SA was incorporated in Antwerp, Belgium Read more…
1935
88 years ago
Maurice Wolfe (59), President of the Meteor Motor Car Company, manufacturers of funeral cars, died in Ohio Read more…
1935
88 years ago
Duesenberg, Inc Read more…
1939
84 years ago
The first production Lincoln Continental was finished Read more…
1947
76 years ago
The Maine Turnpike, the first “superhighway” in New England and the first such highway in the United States built without state or federal tax dollars, opened to traffic Read more…
1957
66 years ago
Ford built the last of its early two-seat Thunderbirds as public demand sparked a shift to four-seaters Read more…
1964
59 years ago
The South Canterbury (New Zealand) Motorcycle Club held its first Gold Leaf International Motocross round at Lyalldale, Timaru Read more…
1981
42 years ago
Cornelius Cardew (47), English avant-garde composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble, died the victim of a hit-and-run car accident near his London home in Leytonstone Read more…
1982
41 years ago
Vitaly Daraselia (25), Georgian football player, died in a car crash Read more…
1992
31 years ago
Nigel Mansell was named the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year on the back of winning the drivers’ championship Read more…
1995
28 years ago
The FIA announced that the BBC had lost the rights to show F1 – the deal had been won by ITV Read more…
1999
24 years ago
The Aulnay plant in France produced the one millionth Citroen Saxo Read more…
2003
20 years ago
Seattle preservationists loaded the city’s iconic Hat ‘n’ Boots Tex Gas Station onto a tractor-trailer and drive it away from the spot where it had stood for almost 50 years Read more…
2005
18 years ago
General Motors Corporation said it planned to nearly triple the number of cars it produced in India to meet growing demand Read more…
2006
17 years ago
A bus plunged into a river after colliding with a truck on a mountain road near Bagua, Peru, killing 21 and injuring 30 Read more…
2007
16 years ago
The curtain finally fell on the Spygate scandal with McLaren’s unreserved apology to the FIA and Ferrari Read more…
2010
13 years ago
Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets, introduced a new line of hybrid cars — called “Yo” Read more…
2010
13 years ago
Honda unveiled a sketch of the new ninth generation Civic which was described as “energetic, sleek and aerodynamic Read more…
2012
11 years ago
The MINI John Cooper Works Paceman (R61) was officially announced Read more…
2016
7 years ago
General Motors delivered the first of its eagerly awaited Chevy Bolt electric hatchbacks to three customers gathered at a Fremont, California (US), dealership, less than two miles from the Tesla Motors factory Read more…
2016
7 years ago
General Motors delivered the first of its eagerly awaited Chevy Bolt electric hatchbacks to three customers gathered at a Fremont, California US Read more…
