March 27th


On this day in…

1899

124 years ago

Camille Jenatzy completed ‘La Jamais Contente’ (The Never-Satisfied), the first purpose-built land speed record car Read more…

1907

116 years ago

Vauxhall Motors Ltd was registered in Great Britain Read more…

1907

116 years ago

The Prague Automobile Factory Ltd was organised to produce the PAT-PAF Read more…

1925

98 years ago

Cecil Kimber registered his first modified Morris, the prototype of the MG Read more…

1927

96 years ago

Fernando Minoia and Giuseppi Morandi won the first Mille Miglia in an O Read more…

1927

96 years ago

The Provence Grand Prix at Miramas, France was won by Louis Chiron in a Bugatti T35B Read more…

1936

87 years ago

The first production Morgan 4/4 was completed after assembling four rather different prototypes Read more…

1945

78 years ago

Vincent Hugo Bendix (63) founder of the Bendix Corporation of Chicago in 1907 to manufacture automobiles, ‘Bendix Buggies’, died Read more…

1947

76 years ago

Nanjing Automobile Group Corp Read more…

1949

74 years ago

The Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix at Gávea was won by Luigi Villoresi in a Maserati 4CLT/48 Read more…

1949

74 years ago

Fonty Flock won his fourth Modified championship race in a row in the 40-lap feature at North Wilkes­boro Speedway, North Carolina, US Read more…

1952

71 years ago

Kiichiro Toyoda (57) Japanese industrialist and founder of the Toyota Motor Corporation died Read more…

1952

71 years ago

Jujiro Matsuda (74), Japanese industrialist and businessman who founded automaker Mazda Motor Corporation, died Read more…

1953

70 years ago

John Cobb was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct – John Rhodes Cobb (deceased), Racing Motorist Read more…

1955

68 years ago

Pierre Dreyfus replaced Pierre Lefaucheux as President at the Régie Renault Read more…

1955

68 years ago

Alberto Ascari in a Lancia D50 won the Turin Grand Prix at Parco Valentino, Italy Read more…

1956

67 years ago

The Ford Motor Company released its first public annual report Read more…

1956

67 years ago

The 2,000,000th American Motors automobile was produced Read more…

1960

63 years ago

Lee Petty finished first in the controversial 100-mile race at North Wilkesboro (North Carolina, US) Speedway Read more…

1965

58 years ago

A heavy downpour in the seventh hour flooded the course and slowed speeds to 30 mph, but didn’t stop the Chaparral team of Jim Hall and Hap Sharp from easily winning the Sebring 12 Hour World Sports Car Championship race Read more…

1967

56 years ago

The Protos HCP-1 F2 racer, the first wooden monocoque open-wheeler, made its debut at the BARC Wills Trophy Race at Silverstone, England Read more…

1967

56 years ago

NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison drove from the pole position to land his fourth victory in NASCAR’s premier series, winning by two laps at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US Read more…

1973

50 years ago

Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead was arrested when Police found cocaine and LSD in his car after being busted for speeding in New Jersey Read more…

1978

45 years ago

The Wall Street Journal ran a front-page article about the 1978 Corvette Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars, indicating they would be excellent investments Read more…

1978

45 years ago

Tony Trimmer in a McLaren-Cosworth M23 won the Evening News Trophy at Brands Hatch Read more…

1979

44 years ago

The U Read more…

1982

41 years ago

Jurgen Barth drove the first Porsche 956 for the first time at the Weissach test track in Germany Read more…

1983

40 years ago

One of the most remarkable drives of modern times saw John Watson storm to victory after starting the Long Beach Grand Prix in 22nd place on the grid Read more…

1994

29 years ago

An easy win for Michael Schumacher in the opening race of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix, and no happy ending for local boy Ayrton Senna who span off 15 laps from the end as he vainly chased his rival Read more…

1994

29 years ago

Dale Earnhardt enjoyed a resounding victory in Darlington’s TranSouth 400, South Carolina (US) Read more…

1998

25 years ago

Ferdinand Porsche Jr (88), who helped his father develop the Volkswagen Beetle before World War II and later founded the sports car firm that bears his name, died Read more…

1999

24 years ago

The Renault-Nissan Alliance was signed – the first of its kind involving a Japanese and a French company, each with its own distinctive corporate culture and identity Read more…

2000

23 years ago

Mitsubishi sold a controlling 34 percent stake to DaimlerChrysler for €2 Read more…

2002

21 years ago

Scion, a marque of vehicles produced by Toyota Motor Corporation, was unveiled at the New York Auto Show with the production-ready bbX concept, based on the Toyota bB, and the more conceptual ccX 3-door coupe Read more…

2002

21 years ago

The highest recorded mileage for a car is in excess of 2 million miles (3.2 million km) for a 1966 Volvo P-1800S owned by Irvin W Gordon Read more…

2007

16 years ago

The first Chinese-built MG sports cars rolled off the production line in the eastern city of Nanjing Read more…

2018

5 years ago

Waymo, formerly known as Google’s self-driving car project, announced a partnership with Jaguar Land Rover to build self-driving Jaguar luxury SUVs for the company’s autonomous Silicon Valley taxi fleet Read more…

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