On this day in…
1900
122 years ago
Packard’s first magazine advertisement appeared in The Motor Review Read more…
1904
118 years ago
The R E Olds Company changed its name to the Reo Car Company (later amended to the Reo Motor Car Company) to avoid a legal confrontation with the Olds Motor Works Read more…
1906
116 years ago
1908
114 years ago
The first factory-built Ford Model T was completed, just one more step in Ford’s affordable revolution Read more…
1925
97 years ago
Construction began on the infamous Nürburgring racing circuit Read more…
1928
94 years ago
The first cornerstone of the Henry Ford Museum was laid in Dearborn, Michigan, US Read more…
1932
90 years ago
The last Plymouth Model PB was produced Read more…
1940
82 years ago
The 1941 Fords were introduced in three series, Special Read more…
1940
82 years ago
Louis Schneider (43), winner of the 1931 Indianapolis 500, died Read more…
1940
82 years ago
The Ford Econoline trucks were introduced Read more…
1967
55 years ago
A French television network began broadcasting the first (and only) season of the American sitcom “My Mother, The Car,” the first TV show to star a talking automobile Read more…
1970
52 years ago
Tony Denshams ‘Commuter’ slingshot ran a disputed 205 Read more…
1972
50 years ago
Mack Trucks, Inc Read more…
1981
41 years ago
Jacques Laffite won the Canadian Grand Prix driving for Ligier Read more…
1986
36 years ago
Clifford Lee Burton, bass guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica, died in a road accident Read more…
1987
35 years ago
The Spanish Grand Prix was won by British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Williams FW11B Read more…
1987
35 years ago
Darrell Waltrip drove from third to first in the final lap after a three-car scramble with Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte to win the Goody’s 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Virginia, US Read more…
1990
32 years ago
Renault and Volvo signed an agreement of industrial cooperation, outlining plans for an eventual merger Read more…
1992
30 years ago
Nigel Mansell won the Portuguese Grand Prix from pole position, in the process setting new records for most wins (nine) and most points (108) in one season, with McLaren drivers Gerhard Berger and Ayrton Senna second and third Read more…
1998
24 years ago
The Ferrari pair of Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine took the front row of the grid, but it was Mika Hakkinen in a McLaren who won the Luxembourg Grand Prix in front of a capacity crowd at the Nurburgring, giving him a four-point lead in the drivers’ championship with one race to go Read more…
2007
15 years ago
The Alfa 8C Competizione supercar and film star Scarlett Johansson came top of a poll, carried out by the Prestige and Performance Motor Show MPH ’07 and the 4Car website, to find the ‘perfect car and passenger of our dreams’ Read more…
2009
13 years ago
The Singapore Grand Prix was won under the lights by McLaren-Mercedes driver and reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton Read more…
