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1903
121 years ago
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1913
111 years ago
The North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation requiring the Secretary of State to register all automobile and issue license plates to their owners Read more…
1928
96 years ago
Gustave Adolphe Clément-Bayard (72), French entrepreneur who raced motor cars and manufactured bicycles, pneumatic tyres, motorcycles, automobiles, aeroplanes and airships, died Read more…
1933
91 years ago
Luxury French automobile manufacture Voisin unveiled its C23 saloon in Switzerland Read more…
1940
84 years ago
“Rapid” Roy Hall, a known moonshine runner, won a 150 mile race on a tiny dirt track in Salisbury, North Carolina, US Read more…
1956
68 years ago
The Institute of Advanced Motorists Limited was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee Read more…
1960
64 years ago
Gordon Keeble introduced the Gordon GT at the Geneva Motor Show Read more…
1963
61 years ago
Junior Johnson won the “150 mile” NASCAR Grand National race on a dusty Orange Speedway Read more…
1966
58 years ago
The Austin 1100 Countryman and Morris 1100 Traveller estate cars were launched at the Geneva Auto Show Read more…
1966
58 years ago
The Fiat 124 was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show and won “Car of the Year” in 1967 Read more…
1967
57 years ago
Tony Vandervell (68), English industrialist, motor racing financier, and founder of the Vanwall Formula One racing team, died Read more…
1968
56 years ago
The first mini-roundabout in Britain came into operation in Peterborough. Read more…
1974
50 years ago
Bobby Unser won the 5th annual ‘California 500’ USAC Indy Car race on the 2 Read more…
1983
41 years ago
The Land Rover One Ten, which later became known as the Land Rover Defender was announced Read more…
1983
41 years ago
Specially commissioned for the Geneva Motor Shows, the Rolls-Royce Camargue Beau Rivage (“Beautiful Shore”) built by Hooper and Co was sold within two hours of being displayed to the public Read more…
1983
41 years ago
The Ford Bronco II was introduced Read more…
1991
33 years ago
The United States Grand Prix in Phoenix, the opening race of the 1991 season, saw Ayrton Senna take it to the streets in his McLaren in just over 2 hours Read more…
1994
30 years ago
The Citroën Evasion was presented at the Geneva Motor Show Read more…
1996
28 years ago
A feast for Australian Formula One fans as the country hosted the first race of the season, less than four months after it had staged the last grand prix of the 1995 season Read more…
1996
28 years ago
Dale Earnhardt cruised to victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway (US) to win the Purolator 500, beating runner-up Terry Labonte by 4 Read more…
1997
27 years ago
Possibly the biggest motorway crash in Britain occurred on the M42 motorway near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in central England Read more…
2000
24 years ago
Major Ivan Hirst (83), the British Army officer and engineer who was instrumental in reviving Volkswagen from a single factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, into a major postwar automotive manufacturer, died Read more…
2003
21 years ago
Barry Sheene MBE, British World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, died aged 52, of cancer of the oesophagus and stomach Read more…
2014
10 years ago
William Ray (23) was disqualified from driving for six months, ordered to pay a £600 fine, £85 costs and a victim surcharge of £65 after being clocked driving his white Porsche Boxer at 149 mph on the M25 Read more…
2016
8 years ago
Japan-based Honda rolled out a new fuel cell vehicle, the first of its kind to be a five-seater Read more…
