At the time World War II broke out the auto industry was pushing many revolutionary ideas. Among them, Studebaker released
Though the Volvo name first appeared in 1915 as a subsidiary of Swedish bearing manufacturer SKF, more than a decade
The Lincoln LS is a luxury sedan Lincoln built from 1999 to 2006, beginning with the 2000 model year. The
Hoping to woo race fans at the 12 Hours of Sebring, Lincoln introduced their new flagship model, The Continental Mark
Enzo was fascinated by cars from a young age. He began racing them as a young man, and quickly gained
British inventor and mining engineer Richard Trevithick introduced a steam powered contraption he named the Puffing Devil on this day
It was rush hour on this day in 1967 when the Silver Bridge that spanned the Ohio River between Point
When Edsel Ford requested a personal luxury vehicle to use while vacationing in Florida, designer Bob Gregorie put pen to
The answer to the question, who built the Model T, is not simple. Sure, you could say Ford Motor Company,
On this day in 1970, during the second year of construction on the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, Australia, a
If you found yourself in The Black Rock Desert in Nevada on this day in 1983 you would not find
On this day in 1982 the TV show Knight Rider made its prime time debut. The show starred David Hasselhoff
“You get a car! And you get a car! Everybody gets a car!” The moment Oprah gave away 276 Pontiac
On this day in 1997 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 finally goes into effect for cars and
On this day in 2018 Ford Motor Company celebrated the production of the ten millionth Mustang, America’s best selling sports
The Auburn Automobile Company of Auburn, Indiana grew out of a horse-drawn carriage business founded in 1874 by Charles Eckhart.
On this day in 2007 the 6 millionth Honda Civic produced in North America. The small, fuel efficient first-generation Honda
Shortly after leaving a party on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy drove his mother’s 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont
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