Born on this day, Henri Pigozzi, Italian car merchant and industrialist, mostly known for founding Société Industrielle de Mécanique et de Carrosserie Automobile (Simca)
Sunday 26th June 1898 Born on this day, Henri Pigozzi, Italian car merchant and industrialist, mostly known for founding Société Industrielle de Mécanique et de Carrosserie Automobile (Simca). In 1912 his father disappeared, leaving Pigozzi, age 14, to take responsibility for his mother, his sister, and a small transport business. In 1918, after the war,…
Armand Peugeot set up his own company, Société Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot
Thursday 2nd April 1896 Armand Peugeot set up his own company, Société Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot. He built a factory at Audincourt, dedicated to the manufacture of cars with an internal combustion engine. By 1899 sales cars for Peugeot got up to 300, which is pretty decent considering that during that year only 1200 cars…
The Daimler-Motoren-Geselschaft, a German engine and later automobile manufacturer, which operated until 1926, was founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach
Friday 28th November 1890 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). Daimler died in 1900, and their business moved in 1903 to Stuttgart-Untertürkheim after the original factory…
John Dodge
Tuesday 25th October 1864 Born on this day, John Dodge, American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company. He co-founded a bicycle company with is brother Horace; however, by 1900, they had sold the business and opened a machine shop in Detroit to make parts for the fledgling auto industry. In 1901, Ransom…
Tobias John Martin Richards
Sunday 3rd February 1850 Born on this day, Tobias John Martin Richards, South Australian coachbuilder and motor body manufacturer who founded the company that would eventually form the manufacturing base of Chrysler Australia Ltd.