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This Day in
Automotive History

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Brian Corey

October 17, 1965 – NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Harold Kite dies after wreck

October 17, 2024
Lee Iacocca with Ford caars

October 15, 1924 – Lee Iacocca is born

October 15, 2024

Oldsmobile Introduces the Radical Front-Wheel-Drive Toronado (October 14, 1965)

October 14, 2024
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October 12, 1981 – 3rd gen Camaro production begins

October 12, 2024
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October 10, 1974 – Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is born

October 10, 2024

October 9, 1988 – Felix Wankel, rotary engine inventor, dies

October 9, 2024
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October 8, 1983 – Motorsports racer & entertainer Travis Pastrana is born

October 8, 2024
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October 7, 1913 – Model T moving assembly line starts

October 7, 2024
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October 6, 1910 – A winning Alfa Romeo designer is born

October 6, 2024
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October 5, 1919 – Enzo Ferrari enters his first race

October 5, 2024
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October 4, 1983 – Thrust 2 sets new land speed record

October 4, 2024
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October 3, 1973 – Rotary-powered mid-engine Corvette debuts

October 3, 2024
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October 2, 1912 – GM & Ford executive Bunkie Knudsen is born

October 2, 2024
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October 1, 1908 – GM buys Buick, Ford builds first Model T

October 1, 2024

September 30, 1966 – The Mercury Cougar is introduced

September 30, 2024
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September 29, 1913 – Inventor of the Diesel engine mysteriously disappears from ship

September 29, 2024

September 28, 1949 – The Jowett Jupiter debuts

September 28, 2024

September 27, 1925 – Construction of the Nürburgring begins

September 27, 2024
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