Stories
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The Inventor of the Diesel Engine Gave His Wife a Bag of Cash and Disappeared After Boarding a Ship
Who Invented the Diesel Engine? By 1913, Rudolf Diesel had accomplished something most inventors could only dream about: his name had become synonymous with…
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This Day in Automotive History: September 1
1907 – Franklin Opens A New York Branch On September 1, 1907, the Franklin Automobile Company expanded into New York City with a centrally…
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The Tucker Convertible is For Sale (Again). The One-Off Car Still Divides Collectors
Preston Tucker built one of the most famous failed automobile companies in American history, producing just 51 completed Tucker ’48s before the Chicago factory…
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This Day in Automotive History: August 31
1869 – Mary Ward and the Fatal Steam Carriage Thrown from an experimental steam-powered road carriage in Parsonstown, Mary Ward sustained fatal injuries and…
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This Day in Automotive History: August 30
1937 – Birth of Bruce McLaren Born in Auckland’s Remuera neighborhood on 30 August 1937, Bruce Leslie McLaren showed an early talent for fast…
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$42.9 Million: The Final Bid for the Shelby that is the Most Expensive American Car Ever Sold
One of Six Cars Built to Beat Ferrari A 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe has just become the most expensive American car ever sold…
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The 200 MPH Wing Car that Changed NASCAR Forever
Dodge Built the Daytona Because the Regular Charger Wasn’t Fast Enough By 1969, NASCAR’s superspeedways had turned aerodynamics into an arms race. Dodge’s Charger…
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This Day in Automotive History: August 29
1876 – Charles Kettering Is Born Charles Franklin Kettering was born near Loudonville, Ohio, on August 29, 1876. He would become one of the…
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The $20,000 Duesenberg Built in the Middle of the Great Depression — That’s $515,000 Today
A $20,000 Car When Most Americans Were Counting Pennies In 1933, with the United States still deep in the Great Depression, Duesenberg arrived at…
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This Day in Automotive History: August 28
1937 – Toyota Is Legally Incorporated On August 28, 1937 the paperwork that founded one of the world’s future automotive giants was completed: Toyota…
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Volkswagen’s 600-HP Supercar Drove 200 MPH for 24 Hours
The Volkswagen Supercar That Was Never Supposed to Exist In the late 1990s, Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch was pushing the company far beyond its…
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Why Some Cars Get Picked Up Faster Than Others: The Hidden Economics of Auto Transport Routes
If two people are car shopping on the same day, they can expect their cars to be picked up at about the same time.…