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Thanks to Egypt’s communist ties and its nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 Europe was soon facing massive fuel

On this day in 1944 German car manufacturer Volkswagen halts production of the Beetle under threat of Allied bombing raids.

On this day in 1971 the astronauts of Apollo 15 became the first to use a lunar rover. Apollo 15’s

When GM purchased Cadillac on this day in 1909 for $4.5 million in GM stock Cadillac was already one of

On the night of July 23, 2006 the Singapore flagged cargo ship Cougar Ace was south of the Aleutian Islands

Italian moto racer Andrea Antonelli died on this day at Moscow Raceway during the Supersport World Championship while riding for

On this day in 1920 the man who would forever ensure your automotive safety was born. Nils Bolin invented the

South African sports car driver Wayne Taylor was born on this day in 1956. Taylor’s racing career took off after

On this day in 1779 William Hedley,  leading industrial engineers of the early 19th century, was born in Newburn, near

The inventor of the battery driven electric motor, Thomas Davenport, passed away on this day in 1851 at the age

Ford got a jump on postwar production by, well, not waiting until the war was actually over. On this day

On this day in 2005 the last Ford Thunderbird rolls off the assembly line at Ford’s Wixom, Michigan plant. The Thunderbird

On this day in 1992, Just two days after the Corvette’s 39th production birthday, the 1,000,000th Corvette rolled out of