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1896
128 years ago
The Daimler Motor Co Read more…
1902
122 years ago
Andrew L Read more…
1914
110 years ago
Although the Model T has been around since 1908, the first Ford Model T that was made on an assembly line was completed Read more…
1920
104 years ago
John Dodge, American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company in 1900, died in New York at the age of 55 Read more…
1949
75 years ago
The first long wheelbase 1949 Plymouth Deluxe was produced Read more…
1954
70 years ago
The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator, a car manufacturer formed in turn by the merger of the Nash automobile firm and the Kelvinator kitchen-appliance company Read more…
1955
69 years ago
Physician and automobile pioneer Horatio Nelson Jackson (83) died in Burlington, Vermont, US Read more…
1955
69 years ago
Petrol in Britain went up 5d to 4 shillings 6d a gallon Read more…
1958
66 years ago
Hugh Howie (34), former Scottish international footballer, who won three League Championships in 1947-48, 1950-51 and 1951-52 with Hibernain, died in a car accident Read more…
1958
66 years ago
The Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln (M-E-L) Division was formed Read more…
1967
57 years ago
The Levin International race in the Tasman Series was won by Jimmy Clark in a Lotus 33 Read more…
1969
55 years ago
The 150 bhp Triumph TR6, the ultimate incarnation of the chassis-based Triumph TR series, was launched Read more…
1975
49 years ago
The Deutsche Bank acquired a controlling interest in Daimler-Benz AG Read more…
1979
45 years ago
Darrell Waltrip beat the rain to win the season opening Western 500 NASCAR Grand National race at Riverside International Raceway Read more…
1979
45 years ago
The first running of the Paris-Dakar Rally ended with Cyril Neveu winning the motorcycle category on a Yamaha 500XT Read more…
1982
42 years ago
The brand new 3rd generation of Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds were shown to the public for the first time Read more…
1986
38 years ago
Jaguar announced the creation of the Silk Cut Jaguar Team, a three year commitment to campaign the Jaguar XJR in international motor racing Read more…
1986
38 years ago
The founder and organiser of the Dakar rally, Thierry Sabine (36), was killed when his Ecureuil helicopter crashed into a dune at Mali during a sudden sand-storm Read more…
1988
36 years ago
Edsel Ford II and William Clay Ford Jr Read more…
1989
35 years ago
Nick Fornoro Jr Read more…
1994
30 years ago
Former world champion Nigel Mansell, 40, showed his adaptability in Indycar when he smashed the track record at the Phoenix International Raceway, a circuit where a year earlier he had crashed and injured his back Read more…
1998
26 years ago
The 150-mph+, 5.9-litre, 237-bhp Bristol Blenheim 2 was announced Read more…
1999
25 years ago
Thomas Binford (74) died of cerebral hemorrhage in his office in Indianapolis, Indiana Read more…
2001
23 years ago
One-time CART team owner Carl Hogan died in New Hampshire at the age of 71 Read more…
2001
23 years ago
Vic Wilson (70), British racing driver who participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, scoring no World Championship points, died after an accident at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire Read more…
2002
22 years ago
Cele Goldsmith Lalli (69), an editor for Amazing Stories and Fantastic, was killed in a car accident near her home in Connecticut Read more…
2003
21 years ago
The Arrows team went into liquidation, putting an end to an outfit who struggled since they were formed from members of the Shadow team in 1978 Read more…
2006
18 years ago
Mark William Philo (21), an English professional footballer who spent his whole professional career at Wycombe Wanderers, died in a car crash in Wokingham, Berkshire Read more…
2006
18 years ago
A General Motors Futurliner bus was sold for a record US$4,000,000 (+premium) at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Arizona Read more…
