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1886
140 years ago
The world’s first patent for a practical internal-combustion-engine-powered automobile was submitted by German engineer Karl Benz Read more…
1891
135 years ago
Ignaz Schustala (68), founder of the business that evolved into the Tatra automobile works, died in Vienna, Austria Read more…
1897
129 years ago
The first of many “Semaines de Nice” automobile races from Marseille to La Turbie, began Read more…
1906
120 years ago
Victor Demogeot, driving a V-8 Darracq at Ormond Beach, Florida reached 122 Read more…
1929
97 years ago
US car manufacturer General Motors purchased the German firm Opel Read more…
1942
84 years ago
The last pre-World War II Chrysler and Dodge automobiles were produced Read more…
1950
76 years ago
D McCall White (69), designer of the first Cadillac V-8, whose long career also included stints with Daimler, Napier, and Crossley in his native Great Britain and Nash, Lafayette and Tucker in the US, died in Hartford, Connecticut, US Read more…
1954
72 years ago
The 1954 Kaisers were introduced Read more…
1957
69 years ago
Stirling Moss teamed with local hero Carlos Menditeguy in a 3 Read more…
1972
54 years ago
The Highveld 100 at Kyalami in South Africa was won by Dave Charlton in a Lotus-Cosworth 72D Read more…
1978
48 years ago
The Arrows made their Formula 1 debut in the Brazilian Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro, with the car driven by Riccardo Patrese finishing 9th behind the winning of Carlo Reutemann in his Ferrari Read more…
1981
45 years ago
Nissan announced plans to build a factory in the United Kingdom Read more…
1989
37 years ago
Global Motors, the American company that imported the Yugo, filed for bankruptcy Read more…
1994
32 years ago
Former Supreme Mary Wilson was injured and her son, Rafael (14) was killed when their Jeep hit a highway median and overturned near Barstow, California Read more…
1998
28 years ago
Thick fog caused highway carnage in Belgium, and Netherlands, killing 6 Read more…
2005
21 years ago
A standard-engined, 3 Read more…
2006
20 years ago
The Daytona 24 Hour was won by Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon and Casey Mears in a Riley MkXI-Lexus Read more…
2006
20 years ago
A1 Grand Prix attracted its biggest crowd to date as over 100,000 people lined the streets of Durban, South Africa for the series’ and the city’s first ever street race Read more…
2008
18 years ago
A regular route Chongqing-Shenzhen bus skidded off an icy road packed with snow and fell into a valley at the 98 Read more…
2010
16 years ago
Honda Motor Co Read more…
2010
16 years ago
The first official photographs of the Mini Countryman were released Read more…
2016
10 years ago
At 09:22 the last ever Land Rover Defender produced was rolled out of Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull plant in the UK Read more…
