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23-29 November: Motoring Milestones
Discover the most momentous motor events that took place this week in history …….. 130 years ago this week, the Daimler-Motoren-Geselschaft, a German engine and later automobile manufacturer, which operated until 1926, was founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. It was based first in Cannstatt (today Bad Cannstatt), a city district of Stuttgart) [28…
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21-22 November: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history 21 November 1951: Racer Carlos Panini was killed near Oaxaca, Mexico during the Pan-American Road Race. 1953: Felice Bonetto (50) died in Silao Mexico. Bonetto was a fearless competitor who took no prisoners and was possessed of so much courage that…
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The Oldest Cars that Still Work and Are Manufactured Today
If you think your fifteen-year-old auto has turned into a bulky piece of junk, think again. Maybe you have a point if you hadn’t been diligent enough in maintaining it, but if the poor car qualifies for an overhaul job, then it’s salvageable and, therefore, not yet a piece of junk. For example, Subaru cars…
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18-19 January: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …… ~18 January~ 1934: Manfred Von Brauchitsch drove the Mercedes-Benz W25 Grand Prix car during its first test runs, on the Autostrada between Milan and Varese in Italy. 1953: The inaugural Argentine Grand Prix was marred by the death of at least seven…
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6-12 January: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 10 years ago this week, the Detroit Automobile Company finished its first commercial vehicle, a delivery wagon [12 January 1900]. A young engineer named Henry Ford, who had produced his own first motor car, the quadricycle, before joining the company, designed it. Ford…
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23-24 November: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …….. ~23 November ~ 1952: Karl Kling and Hans Klenk won the third Carrera Panamerica in a Mercedes-Benz 300SL. The original Carrera Panamericana was a border-to-border auto race on open roads in Mexico similar to Italy’s Mille Miglia and Targa Florio. Running…
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18-24 November: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……… 100 years ago this week, the 20,000th Essex, a 2-passenger roadster, was produced [20 November 1919]. The Essex is generally credited with starting a trend away from open touring cars design toward enclosed passenger compartments.Originally, the Essex was to be a product…
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