On this day in…
1888
135 years ago
Felix Millet received a patent for a ‘Gasoline Bicycle’ named ‘Soleil’ (Sun) Read more…
1900
123 years ago
Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek took delivery of the first car to be produced under the “Mercedes” name Read more…
1910
113 years ago
The Fisher Closed Body Company was established by brothers Frederick J Fisher and Charles T Fisher Read more…
1920
103 years ago
The Moore Motor Vehicle Company of Danville, Illinois (US) was liquidated at auction after production of 612 cars since 1916 in Minneapolis and Danville Read more…
1924
99 years ago
London police sanctioned trials of covered-top buses Read more…
1928
95 years ago
The Marmon Motor Car Company announced its new marque, the Roosevelt, as the “World’s First Eight Under $1,000” Read more…
1931
92 years ago
The first Pontiac inline V-8 engine was produced Read more…
1937
86 years ago
The Lincoln Tunnel in New York opened to traffic, passing 1 Read more…
1952
71 years ago
Chevrolet EX122 show car was completed Read more…
1960
63 years ago
The millionth Morris Minor rolled off the production line – the first British vehicle to achieve this Read more…
1965
58 years ago
Fiat signed a license agreement concerning manufacturing of intermediate-sized cars in Poland Read more…
1967
56 years ago
Robin Roberts (27), American singer best known for his performances in the early 1960s with The Wailers, a rock and roll band, was killed in a head-on automobile accident early in the morning after leaving a party Read more…
1971
52 years ago
The English section of the M4 was completed when the 50-mile (80 km) stretch between Junctions 9 and 15 (Maidenhead and Swindon) was officially opened by Conservative Junior Minister Michael Heseltine Read more…
1973
50 years ago
Stylist Virgil M Exner Sr (64) an automobile designer for numerous Americancompanies, notably Chrysler and Studebaker, died in Michigan, US Read more…
1973
50 years ago
OPEC more than doubled the price of oil from $5 Read more…
1998
25 years ago
One of Spain’s greatest champions, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, Ricardo Tormo Blaya (46), died from leukemia Read more…
1999
24 years ago
In partnership with Baker Electromotive of Rome, New York, the Ford Motor Company received the single largest electric-vehicle order in US history Read more…
2003
20 years ago
Zsolt Baumgartner, the first Hungarian to compete in an official race, secured his drive with Minardi thanks to backing worth £2 Read more…
2005
18 years ago
Super Aguri were given the go ahead to join the F1 circus Read more…
2008
15 years ago
Some 500 motorists rallied in Russia’s far east to protest the government’s decision to raise car-import tariffs Read more…
2008
15 years ago
Toyota Motor Corp Read more…
