October 3, 1973 – Rotary-powered mid-engine Corvette debuts
If you happened to attend the 1973 Paris Motor Show, which opened on this day of that year, there would
If you happened to attend the 1973 Paris Motor Show, which opened on this day of that year, there would
On this day in 1912 future auto industry executive Semon Knudsen was born to William Knudsen, who himself would later
October 1, 1908 was a big day in the growing automotive industry. Up in Flint, Michigan, William Durant had recently
The Mercury Cougar is an iconic American automobile that was launched on September 30, 1966 for the 1967 model year.
On this day in 1913 the inventor of the Diesel engine disappeared from a ship never to be seen alive
It’s a small car with a big name. Jowett Cars Ltd debuted their first and only sports car, the Jupiter,
America’s prohibition era surely fueled the rise of NASCAR, but it took one man to make it official. Drivers who
The year 1926 marked a significant turning point in labor history with Henry Ford’s announcement on September 25th regarding the
In 1937 Soichiro Honda founded a company to produce piston rings for Toyota. The walls soon came tumbling down, quite
In the late 1960s, as the muscle car craze swept the United States, Dodge tossed a new Challenger in the
On this day in 1893, brothers Frank and Charles Duryea debuted their first automobile on the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts.
It could have been the Falcon, given its code name during development, but Henry Ford II called dips on the
Industry giant Lido “Lee” Anthony Iacocca was elected chairman of Chrysler on this day in 1979, 10 months after joining
On this day in 1955 Ford produced its 2 millionth Flathead V8 engine, 23 years after its introduction in the
On this day in 1909, General Motors executive Ed Cole was born in Marne, Michigan. The son of a dairy
Buick Motor Car company owner William C. Durant leveraged an engine supply deal with McLaughlin Motor Car Company of Canada
On September 15, 1981, history was made as the John Bull locomotive completed a historic run, solidifying its status as
On this day in 1899, as Henry Bliss exited a streetcar at West 74th Street and Central Park West in
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