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1904
118 years ago
Barney Oldfield, driving the Peerless Green Dragon at Yonkers, New York, won the so-called ‘World’s Championship’ by defeating three European cars in a match race Read more…
1908
114 years ago
General Motor purchased Buick Motors for $4,000,000 Read more…
1909
113 years ago
French aviator, Louis Paulhan made the first flying demonstration at Brooklands Read more…
1912
110 years ago
Norsk-Engelsk Mineralolie AS was registered – the firm evolved into AS Norske Shell in 1940 Read more…
1914
108 years ago
William B Chenoweth began the first US intercity truck service between Colorado Springs (Colorado) and Snyder (Texas) Read more…
1917
105 years ago
A Mack 3 Read more…
1926
96 years ago
The first joint Daimler-Benz products were presented at the Berlin Automobile Show 4 months after the two companies had merged, including the newly created Typ 200 and Typ 300 Read more…
1954
68 years ago
J Lester Dryden (73), Vice President of the Borg-Warmer Corporation who in 1921 designed the single-disc clutch universally adopted by the industry and was the principal advocate of automotive grilles to protect radiators and add beauty, died Read more…
1954
68 years ago
The last true Hudson was produced Read more…
1954
68 years ago
The last Chrysler Imperial was introduced Read more…
1956
66 years ago
The 1957 Chryslers were introduced, including the first 300C convertible Read more…
1956
66 years ago
Racer Louis Rosier (50) died Read more…
1959
63 years ago
The Valiant compact car was introduced by the Chrysler Corporation Read more…
1960
62 years ago
The Stretford-Eccles bypass, the first local authority motorway in the UK, was opened to traffic Read more…
1962
60 years ago
The Chrysler Corporation began its Consumer Delivery Program as a public hands-on test of the semi-production Chrysler Turbine Car Read more…
1965
57 years ago
The 12th Toyko Motor Show was held immediately after imports of passenger cars were liberalized on October 1 Read more…
1967
55 years ago
Bobby Allison survived heavy attrition to prevail in the American 500 at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham (US), notching the eighth victory of his career in NASCAR’s premier series Read more…
1971
51 years ago
The 18th Tokyo Motor Show opened to the public Read more…
1971
51 years ago
Slide guitarist and the leader of the Allman Brothers Band, Duane Allman (24), was killed when he crashed his motorcycle into the side of a flatbed truck in Macon, Georgia Read more…
1975
47 years ago
Sir Alfred Owen of BRM, died aged 67 Read more…
1986
36 years ago
The first breakdown on the M25, London’s orbital motorway, occurred at 11 Read more…
1986
36 years ago
The final section of London’s 117 mile orbital motorway (M25), was officially opened to traffic by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Read more…
1987
35 years ago
The 27th Tokyo Motor Show saw full-scale participation by Western automakers and participation by Yue Loong Motor from Taiwan for the first time Read more…
1991
31 years ago
The 30,000,000th Pontiac was produced, a white Bonneville SSei built at the Wentzville Assembly Centre in Missouri, US Read more…
1991
31 years ago
Memphis City Council named interstate 55 through Jackson, ‘The B Read more…
1995
27 years ago
Ricky Rudd scored his first win of the season in the Dura Lube 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Arizona (US) Read more…
1999
23 years ago
Matt Hines set an NHRA Pro Stock Bike 1/4-mile ET record of 7 Read more…
2000
22 years ago
John Force won his tenth NHRA Funny Car championship Read more…
2006
16 years ago
Mercedes-Benz World was opened at the famous Brooklands race circuit in Surrey Read more…
