23-29 October: Motoring Milestones
Momentous motoring events that took place during this week in history ……. 100 years ago this week, Dodge began full-scale truck production [25 October 1917]. The first civilian Dodge Brothers’ Commercial was the famous Screenside introduced in 1917 as a 1918 model. The Screenside was built on a beefed up 114- inch wheelbase automobile chassis. It…
24 – 30 April: Motoring Milestones
130 years ago this week, the first motor car race in history took place, the Neuilly-Versailles-Neuilly, a distance of 20 miles, organised by the journalist Fossier. Compte de Dion and his steam tricycle completed the course in 1 hour and 14 minutes – not so fast in a vehicle that could do almost 40 mph.…
Preparing your pickup truck to tow your RV
Preparing a pickup truck to tow an RV is no easy task. Lots of people are concerned about what is going to happen if something goes wrong, and rightly so. An RV that is not properly attached could become detached at the worst possible moment, which is truly going to create a disaster of a…
30 January – 5 February: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: rallycross, Daytona, Malcolm Campbell, hillclimb, Toyota and Top Gear. 210 years ago this week, Isaac de Rivaz was issued with a French patent for his explosion motor, an important ancestor of the modern internal combustion engine [30 January 1807]…… 120 years ago this week, the…
American Brand Spotlight: Evolution of Dodge Trucks
Ron Burg Dodge trucks have sure come a long way, considering that they barely have been around for 100 years. Since then, they have become an American icon and popular brand for drivers worldwide. It hasn’t always been this way, though. Here is the history of the Dodge truck from the beginning to where we…
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