On this day in…
1869
153 years ago
Louis-Guillaume Perreaux patented his steam velocipede Read more…
1908
114 years ago
The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, later the FWD Corporation was founded in Clintoville, Wisconsin, US Read more…
1923
99 years ago
The 9,000,000th Ford Model T was produced Read more…
1926
96 years ago
Major C Treatt and his party arrived in Cairo, Egypt in two military-style Crossleys, having taken 27 months to complete the first overland car trip from Capetown, South Africa Read more…
1933
89 years ago
What became the Nissan Motor Company was organised in Tokyo under the name Dat Jidosha Seizo Company Read more…
1944
78 years ago
Joseph A Jeffery (71), an official of the Champion Spark Plug Company who is credited with many improvements in spark plug design, died in Detroit, US Read more…
1956
66 years ago
Preston Thomas Tucker, the American car designer and entrepreneur, died at the age of 53 Read more…
1958
64 years ago
Colin Chapman met Jim Clark for the first time during a race meeting at Brands Hatch, England Read more…
1965
57 years ago
Paul McCartney fell from his moped and chipped his front tooth Read more…
1978
44 years ago
The first Paris-Dakar Rally began Read more…
1985
37 years ago
The Ford Motor Company introduced the Taurus, the product of years of engineering Read more…
1986
36 years ago
President Ronald Reagan granted NASCAR legend Junior Johnson a presidential pardon for his 1956 moonshining conviction Read more…
1987
35 years ago
The front-wheel-drive Ford Lincoln Continental was introduced Read more…
1992
30 years ago
The Lincoln Continental Mark VIII, a grand touring luxury coupe that was marketed and sold by Lincoln from 1993 to 1998, was introduced Read more…
1992
30 years ago
Jan Flinterman died in the Netherlands, he was 73 Read more…
1995
27 years ago
Ford announced the return to the Egyptian market, after leaving in the mid-1960s Read more…
1999
23 years ago
US Postal Service awards Ford Motor Company largest ever electric vehicle order Read more…
2000
22 years ago
Walter Hayes (76), English journalist, and later public relations executive for Ford died Read more…
2001
21 years ago
The Ford F-Series celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary as America’s best-selling truck Read more…
2011
11 years ago
India’s Tata Motors offered to replace the starter motor on all old Nano models, but said the move was not related to safety concerns surrounding the world’s cheapest car Read more…
2016
6 years ago
A ban came into effect in Sarajevo, Bosnia on half of the city’s cars from driving on city streets in an attempt to ease air pollution Read more…
