October 9, 1988 – Felix Wankel, rotary engine inventor, dies
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Felix Wankel was a German engineer and inventor whose groundbreaking work in engine design revolutionized the automotive industry. Born on
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October 8, 1983 – Motorsports racer & entertainer Travis Pastrana is born
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You may know him from winning the first ever X Games MotoX Freestyle event in 1999? Maybe it was his
October 7, 1913 – Model T moving assembly line starts
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The world changed forever on this day in 1913 when Henry Ford’s Highland Park assembly plant switched on the continuously
October 6, 1910 – A winning Alfa Romeo designer is born
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Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfettas raced in 54 Grand Prix races, winning an astonishing 47 of them. This placed them among
October 5, 1919 – Enzo Ferrari enters his first race
October 5, 2024
On this day in 1919 a young Italian by the name of Enzo Ferrari took fourth place in a hill
October 3, 1973 – Rotary-powered mid-engine Corvette debuts
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If you happened to attend the 1973 Paris Motor Show, which opened on this day of that year, there would
October 2, 1912 – GM & Ford executive Bunkie Knudsen is born
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On this day in 1912 future auto industry executive Semon Knudsen was born to William Knudsen, who himself would later
October 1, 1908 – GM buys Buick, Ford builds first Model T
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October 1, 1908 was a big day in the growing automotive industry. Up in Flint, Michigan, William Durant had recently
September 30, 1966 – The Mercury Cougar is introduced
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The Mercury Cougar is an iconic American automobile that was launched on September 30, 1966 for the 1967 model year.
September 29, 1913 – Inventor of the Diesel engine mysteriously disappears from ship
September 29, 2024
On this day in 1913 the inventor of the Diesel engine disappeared from a ship never to be seen alive
September 28, 1949 – The Jowett Jupiter debuts
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It’s a small car with a big name. Jowett Cars Ltd debuted their first and only sports car, the Jupiter,
September 26, 1909 – NASCAR founder Bill France is born
September 26, 2024
America’s prohibition era surely fueled the rise of NASCAR, but it took one man to make it official. Drivers who
September 25, 1926 – Henry Ford announces 8 hour workday and 5 day work week
September 25, 2024
The year 1926 marked a significant turning point in labor history with Henry Ford’s announcement on September 25th regarding the
September 24, 1948 – Honda Motor Company is incorporated
September 24, 2024
In 1937 Soichiro Honda founded a company to produce piston rings for Toyota. The walls soon came tumbling down, quite
September 23, 1969 – The Dodge Challenger hits the market
September 23, 2024
In the late 1960s, as the muscle car craze swept the United States, Dodge tossed a new Challenger in the
September 22, 1893 – Duryea Bros test first car
September 22, 2024
On this day in 1893, brothers Frank and Charles Duryea debuted their first automobile on the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts.
September 21, 1959 – Plymouth Valiant starts rolling off the line
September 22, 2024
It could have been the Falcon, given its code name during development, but Henry Ford II called dips on the
September 20, 1979 – Lee Iacocca elected chairman of Chrysler
September 20, 2024
Industry giant Lido “Lee” Anthony Iacocca was elected chairman of Chrysler on this day in 1979, 10 months after joining
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