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1901
122 years ago
The Krastin Automobile Manufacturing Company was organised in Cleveland, Ohio with Charles S Beardslee as President and designer August Krastin as General Manager – the firm went bankrupt in 1904 Read more…
1907
116 years ago
McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited was founded in Ontario (Canada) with capital of 5,000 shares valued at C$100 each with R Read more…
1908
115 years ago
The first Velie automobile was taken for its inaugural test drive in Moline, Illinois – the car, known as ‘Old Maud’ still exists Read more…
1919
104 years ago
The 20,000th Essex, a 2-passenger roadster, was produced Read more…
1920
103 years ago
General Motors named Pierre du Pont as Corporate President Read more…
1923
100 years ago
The U Read more…
1931
92 years ago
Rolls Royce purchased Bentley Motors for £125,275, thwarting an attempt by Napier to acquire the assets Read more…
1934
89 years ago
Arthur W Herrington was issued with a US patent for his ‘Driving Mechanism for Steering Wheels of Motor Vehicles’ four years after the application had been made Read more…
1940
83 years ago
The first 6-cylinder Ford car was produced since the unsuccessful Model K of 1906-08 Read more…
1951
72 years ago
The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation and Sears, Roebuck & Company agreed to produce and market a variant of the Henry J through Sears as a new marque, the Allstate Read more…
1953
70 years ago
The last 1953 Pontiac was produced – the division officially dropped the Sedan Delivery body style Read more…
1955
68 years ago
Pole-starter Fonty Flock held off his brother Tim by half a car-length at Charlotte Speedway’s Read more…
1959
64 years ago
The all-new 105E Anglia was introduced in the US, the first British Ford to be marketed to Americans on a large scale Read more…
1960
63 years ago
Stirling Moss won the season-ending United States Grand Prix at the Riverside International Raceway in California from Lotus team-mate Innes Ireland Read more…
1970
53 years ago
Ford Motor Company withdrew its support from racing Read more…
1975
48 years ago
The Bay City Rollers’ Les McKeown was found not guilty of causing the death of a 76 year old woman that he had hit with his car the previous May Read more…
1980
43 years ago
The 157 Read more…
1988
35 years ago
Racer Cale Yarborough announced his retirement Read more…
1990
33 years ago
Layne Hall of Silver Creek, New York, died at the age of 105, according to his death certificate Read more…
1992
31 years ago
Former Ultravox member Midge Ure was fined £500 and ordered to pay £35 costs by magistrates in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, after he admitted driving without due care and attention Read more…
1999
24 years ago
22 people were killed in fiery collision between two buses in Ilorin, Nigeria Read more…
2000
23 years ago
Jerry Nadeau held off Dale Earnhardt to post his first career victory in the season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway (US) Read more…
2003
20 years ago
Motor Trend magazine named the hybrid Toyota Prius ‘Car of the Year’ Read more…
2005
18 years ago
Ricky Rudd finished 37th in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Raceway (US), then retired Read more…
2006
17 years ago
The Huntsville Bus Accident involving a school bus carrying 43 students occurred on an elevated portion of Interstate 565 in Huntsville, Alabama Read more…
2011
12 years ago
Sergio Scaglietti, Ferrari body stylist in the ’50s and ’60s, died at the age of 91 Read more…
