Stories
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February 21, 1909 – Bob Burman wins 100 mile Mardi Gras race
By 1909, Mardi Gras had been drawing visitors to New Orleans, Louisiana from around the world for more than 50 years. While the crowds…
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February 20, 1993 – Ferruccio Lamborghini dies
Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of the sports car company that bears his name, passed away on this day in 1993 at the age of 76.…
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February 18, 2001 – Dale Earnhardt Sr. dies at Daytona
NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in an accident on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on this day in 2001. A three…
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February 17, 1966 – Alfred P. Sloan, GM chairman, dies
Alfred P. Sloan proved that even MIT graduates have a hard time finding work. After receiving his diploma in 1895, Sloan entered what he…
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February 16, 1843 – Henry Leland, founder of Cadillac & Lincoln, is born
Henry Leland, founder of Cadillac and Lincoln, was born on this day in 1843. He began his professional engineering career in the firearms industry,…
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February 15, 1968 – The AMC AMX debuts
American Motors Corporation officially debuted the AMX at Daytona International Speedway on this day in 1968. Journalists’s jaws dropped as they witnessed the new…
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Escaped New Yorker – Restore-ready 1965 Chrysler New Yorker
By Cody Clark Coming off of his conservative, sleek days at General Motors with the Continental, Elwood Engel had a plan to save the…
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February 11, 1847 – Thomas Edison, electric car pioneer (and inventor of other stuff, I guess), is born
Sometimes I write a lot, sometimes not so much. Today is the latter because someone else wrote something you need to read if you’re…
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February 10, 1966 – Ralph Nader, author of Unsafe at Any Speed, testifies before congress
Consumer activist and lawyer Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile accused automakers of failing to introduce…
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February 9, 2001 – The 100th Chicago Auto Show opens, showing Ford Forty Nine dream car & more
The late 1990s and early 2000s saw a retro renaissance in the auto industry, giving birth to a variety of concept and production cars…
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February 8, 1993 – GM sues NBC for defamation over exploding gas tanks
On November 17, 1992, NBC’s Dateline aired a segment about the dangerous positioning of gas tanks in 1973 to 1987 GM pickup trucks. The…
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February 6, 1954 – Mercedes 300SL goes on sale
In 1952 Mercedes-Benz built a brand new car for the sports car racing season, dubbed the W194. Designed by Friedrich Geiger, the 3 liter…