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1892
131 years ago
The United States Rubber Company (Uniroyal) was organised in New Jersey, US Read more…
1899
124 years ago
The Renault corporation was founded as the Societe Renault Freres in Billancourt, France as a family firm by three Renault brothers Louis, Marcel and Fernand with a capital of 60,000 francs Read more…
1900
123 years ago
Wilhelm Bauer crashed his 24-hp Daimler at La Turbie, France and died the next day; riding mechanic Braun was slightly injured. Read more…
1909
114 years ago
New York’s Queensboro Bridge, the first ever double-decked bridge, opened Read more…
1917
106 years ago
The Monroe Auto Equipment Company was incorporated in Michigan, US Read more…
1947
76 years ago
Preston Tucker announced his concept for a new automobile to be named “the Tucker” Read more…
1948
75 years ago
Giovanni Ceirano (83), Italian industrialist and automotive pioneer, died Read more…
1952
71 years ago
The Montevideo Grand Prix held in Piriápolis, Uruguay was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in a Ferrari 166 Read more…
1956
67 years ago
Chrysler Corporation’s third Plymouth-based gas-turbine car completed a four-day promotional trip from New York City to Los Angeles, California, US Read more…
1959
64 years ago
Stirling Moss in a Cooper-Climax T51 won the Glover Trophy at Goodwood Read more…
1963
60 years ago
Graham Hill in a BRM P57 won the Lombank Trophy at Snetterton, England Read more…
1969
54 years ago
The 21st BRDC International Trophy, a non-championship Formula One race held at Silverstone (England) was won by Jack Brabham driving a Brabham-Cosworth BT26 Read more…
1969
54 years ago
Lucien Bianchi (34) died when his Alfa Romeo T33 spun into a telegraph pole during Le Mans testing Read more…
1972
51 years ago
The first Brazilian Grand Prix was held at the bumpy and demanding Interlagos circuit, located in São Paulo, although it was not part of the Formula One World Championship Read more…
1973
50 years ago
Yves Giraud-Cabantous (68) died Read more…
1974
49 years ago
Carlos Reutemann became the first Argentinian since Fangio 16 years earlier to win a grand prix with his victory at Kyalami in South Africa Read more…
1979
44 years ago
British Conservative MP Airey Neave (63) was killed when a magnetic car bomb fitted with a ball bearing tilt switch exploded under his new Vauxhall Cavalier at 14:58 as he drove out of the Palace of Westminster car park, London Read more…
1979
44 years ago
British Leyland Motors Inc Read more…
1980
43 years ago
The USA Grand Prix (West) at Long Beach California was again marred by accidents and retirements but Nelson Piquet from pole cruised to his first win; he also recorded the fastest lap Read more…
1980
43 years ago
Dale Earnhardt outran Darrell Waltrip for his third win in NASCAR’s top series, leading 208 of 500 laps in the Valleydale Southeastern 500 at Bristol International Speedway, Tennessee, US Read more…
1997
26 years ago
Jacques Villeneuve dominated the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, taking his Williams from the pole to set fastest lap an win the event in 1:36:09 Read more…
1998
25 years ago
German automaker BMW bought Rolls-Royce for $570 million Read more…
1998
25 years ago
The last air-cooled Porsche 911 was delivered to its proud owner, the US TV star Jerry Seinfeld Read more…
2000
23 years ago
The Chevrolet Corvette Convertible received the award for “Best Engineered Car of the 1990’s and Best Engineered Car of the 20th Century” from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) Read more…
2001
22 years ago
SAP, a large German software firm, announced that had bought Top Tier, a small Israeli software firm founded by Shai Agassi, for $400 million Read more…
2004
19 years ago
A1 Grand Prix, a brand new concept in international motorsport was launched to the world’s press at the prestigious Jumeira Beach hotel in Dubai Read more…
2007
16 years ago
Luxury carmaker BMW opened its new 20 million euros ($26,554,000) factory in Chennai, India Read more…
2008
15 years ago
The News of the World published their infamous expose on FIA Max Mosley’s private life Read more…
2009
14 years ago
2009
14 years ago
US President Barack Obama issued an ultimatum to struggling American automakers General Motors (GM) and Chrysler: In order to receive additional bailout loans from the government, he said, the companies needed to make dramatic changes in the way ran their businesses Read more…
2009
14 years ago
Malaysia’s national car maker Proton and Detroit Electric, a Dutch-based company, signed a $555 million deal to make zero emission electric cars that they said would be more powerful that any existing model Read more…
2009
14 years ago
In Russia PM Putin pledged over $1 billion in state support to its ailing car industry in a bid to avoid heavy job losses and potential social unrest Read more…
2017
6 years ago
Volkswagen AG said it has agreed to pay $157 Read more…