25 June – 1 July: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history……. 120 years ago this week, the first race in Belgium, from Brussels to Spa was run. It was won the following day by Pierre de Crawhez in a Panhard [25 June 1898] ……German-Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer, Siegfried Samuel Marcus (66), died. In…
26 June – 2 July: Motoring Milestones
Momentous motoring events that took place during this week in history ….. 120 years ago this week, a German-built Benz Velo, appearing at the Grand Forks parade to promote cigars, became the first automobile to be driven in North Dakota, US [28 June 1897]…… 110 years ago this week, Mongini and Zach covered 1,037 miles…
15-21 May: Motoring Milestones
Momentous motoring events that took place during this week in history ….. 230 years ago this week, The Maryland House of Delegates (US) issued a patent to Oliver Evans for his ‘Steam Carriage‘ [18 May 1787]……. 110 years ago this week, the Ardsley Motor Car Company was officially dissolved.The company salesrooms were located at 50th…
17-23 April: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: NASCAR, Lamborghini, Targa Florio, and Volvo. 120 years ago this week, Ernest Estcourt took delivery of the first ‘production’ car from the Daimler Motor Company, Coventry and drove it home to Hampstead in London [20 April 1897]. His journey took 10.5 hours, including stops for…
10-16 April Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: world land speed record, Volvo, Trans-Am and Formula One. 210 years ago this week, Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland test drove his road carriage powered by an internal combustion engine [10 April 1807]. The engine has a claim to be the world’s first internal combustion…
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