The Ford Pinto was introduced to the masses on this day in 1970, exactly one year to the day Ford's former president Bunkie Knudsen was fired. The subcompact car was…
On this day in 1960, Dodge retail sales for the model year totaled 306,478, as reported by General Manager M.C. Patterson. This represented a 134 percent sales increase compared to…
On this day in 1898, James Packard purchased a Winton Automobile, the 12th one of the make produced. Packard found himself dissatisfied with his new vehicle, which is strange, seeing…
On January 31, 1907, the Paris newspaper Le Matin issued a challenge to admirers of relatively newfangled machines called automobiles: drive one from China to France. The idea was to…
Big things are cooking over here at the automotive history office, which is really the guest bedroom the apartment I share with my fiancee`, Marley, who is an amazing soprano…
In today's automotive history video lesson for July 28 we discuss GM founder William Durant's 1922 purchase of Locomobile, the 1924 birth of F1 driver Luigi Musso, the 1973 Watkins…
With more than 80,000 fans looking on from the grandstands of Indianapolis Motor Speedway ,and a $25,000 prize purse up for grabs, the inaugural Indianapolis 500 got underway on this…
After purchasing three agin steam ships, including the Golden Age (above), Yataro Iwasaki founded Mitsubishi Group on this day in 1870 as a shipping company. Iwasaki grew his business quickly…
AMMO NYC auto detailing released an incredible video of a 300+ car collections they have been tasked with cleaning up! What's your favorite car in this amazing barn find video…
Stirling Moss, British Formula One driver and International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee, died today, April 12, 2020. His racing career spanned from 1948 to 1962, during which time he…
