The Fleetwood Metal Body in the early 19th century as an automobile coach builder, applying traditional methods of construction that dated back as far as 300 years. From its founding…
Less than a week after Chrysler acquired Dodge Brothers, it debuted its new mid-priced DeSoto line for 1929. The additions gave Chrysler two makes aimed at the same consumer. The…
Coney Island, New York is well known for its amusement park attractions, but on this day in 1901, it hosted a different kind of wild ride. A crowd gathered to…
On this day in 1977 the 100,000,000 U.S. built Ford rolled off the assembly line in Mahwah, New Jersey. The 1978 Ford Fairmont Futura spent its early life on a coast…
The film Bullitt debuted on this day in 1968. In brief, I'll let film critic Roger Ebert explain the plot, using an excerpt from his 1968 review. "McQueen plays a…
Something out of this world happened on this day in 1992 when a meteorite struck a parked 1980 Chevrolet Malibu in Peekskill, New York. Thousands of people looked on that…
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…
