The Ford Bronco II, the younger and smaller sibling of the full size SUV by the same name, went on sale on this day in 1983. Debuting 17 years after the original Bronco hit showrooms, the baby Bronco became an instant success. The small SUV, which shared a platform with with the new Ford Ranger, […]
Ford Motor Company knew it needed a response, and fast, when Chevrolet rolled out the Corvette prototype in January 1953. Ford unveiled a plan to launch what would become the Thunderbird the very next month. From idea to rolling reality in just one year, the Ford Thunderbird prototype received its finishing touches on this day […]
Introduced in 1908, the Ford Model T would set the record for the highest produced automotive model by the time production ended in 1927. Some 15,007,033 left the factory over those years. It’d be 45 years before another car matched, and then surpassed, that number. On this day in 1972 Volkswagen beat that record when […]
The Ford Taurus SHO (Super High Output) is a high-performance version of the Ford Taurus that first hit the market for 1989. Ford developed the SHO in response to the growing demand for luxury sport sedans in the late 1980s, such as the BMW M5 and Mercedes-Benz E-Class. While it didn’t exactly hit the mark […]
Auto industry titan Semon Knudsen was born in 1912 to William Knudsen, who himself would later become president of General Motors (1937-1940). His father gave him the nickname Bunkie, referring to the WWI term for bunk mate. The pair had a special bond, and the elder Knudsen knew how to play into his son’s interests. […]
The Ford Explorer Sport Trac, first built on this day in 2000, was a game-changer in the automotive industry. In reality, this vehicle should be the definition of a crossover, as it was the among first pickup trucks to be based on a sport utility vehicle. The unique blend of a mid-size pickup truck the […]
On this day in 2015, the annual North American International Auto Show closed following more than a week of exciting debuts. At the show, spectators and press were treated to the public debut of a number of vehicles. Should you have attended you may have witnessed the unveiling of cars such as the 2016 BMW […]
Up until 1948, Ford’s cars and trucks had shared the same platform and styling queues. That all changed when Ford launched the Ford F-Series trucks, which went on sale on this day in 1948. Badged F-1 through F-8 in order of ascending capabilities, the new trucks proved to be extremely popular. Starting with the 1/2 […]
Despite many claims to fame, most vehicles are not designed by one particular person. It takes a team to bring such ambitious visions to life. In the case of the Ford Model T, a pack of inventive minds came together to build the car that would put the world on wheels. Among them, Henry Ford, […]
At about 3 a.m. on this day in 1978, six men began what would become the largest heist in US history to date. Though the group expected a haul of about $2 million, the 64 minute Lufthansa heist at JKF International Airport levied a score of nearly $6 million in cash and jewels. The mobsters […]
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