October 4, 1928 – Mercedes straight 8 debuts
If you visited the Paris Motor Show on this day in 1928 you would have had the joys of seeing the Mercedes Nurburg 460, the first straight 8 powered automobile…
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October 4, 2019
October 2, 1959 – The Aircooled American
The only mass produced, air cooled rear engined American car was introduced to the public on this day in 1959. The Chevrolet Corvair aimed to be an affordable commuter that…
October 2, 2019
October 1, 1908 – The first Model T leaves the assembly line
An automobile revolution began on this day in 1908 when the first Ford Model T left Ford's Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan. Model T assembly line in 1913 The Ford…
October 1, 2019
GERMANY - JUNE 06: In 1892 Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913) patented a design for a new type of internal combustion engine. In 1897 he produced a 25 horsepower, four-stroke, single vertical cylinder compression engine, the high efficiency of which, together with its comparative simplicity of design, made it an immediate commercial success. Subsequent royalty fees brought great wealth to its inventor. He was lost overboard from the mail steamer 'Dresden' during a trip to London in 1913 and was assumed to have drowned. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
September 29, 1913 – The mysterious disappearance of Rudolph Diesel
In 1870, at the age of 12, Rudolf Diesel and his family fled Paris for London due to the Franco-Prussian war. Before the conflict ended Rudolph was sent to stay…
September 29, 2019
September 28, 1949 – A small car with a big name comes to market
British company Jowett Cars debuted their first and only sports car, the Jupiter, on this day in 1949 at the London Motor Show. The Jupiter was designed in just four…
September 28, 2019
September 27, 1925 – Building Nurburgring
On this day in 1925 construction on the Nurburgring racing circuit in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany begins. The first races would take place on June 18, 1927 for motorcycles with sidecars,…
September 27, 2019
September 26, 1982 – K.I.T.T. hits the silver screen
On this day in 1982 the TV show Knight Rider made its primetime debut, starring a talking 1982 Pontiac Trans Am named K.I.T.T., which stood for Knight Industries Two Thousand.…
September 26, 2019
The first auto accident
September 25, 1725 – The inventor of the automobile is born, and later crashes…
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, the man credited with building the first known working, self-propelled mechanical vehicle capable of carrying a driver, was born on this day in 1725. At the age of…
September 25, 2019
September 24, 1948 – Honda Motor Company incorporates
In 1937 Soichiro Honda founded a manufacturing company to produce piston rings for Toyota, but during WWII one of Honda's factories was bombed and the other collapsed in an earthquake…
September 24, 2019
September 23, 1972 – The last race at the Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace circuit, a motor racing circuit in Crystal Palace Park in south London, England, saw its final professional organized race on this day in 1972. Club events would…
September 23, 2019