Stories
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This Day in Automotive History: July 10
1923 – Fisher Body Registers Its Famous Trademark The Fisher Body Company registered its famous “Body by Fisher” trademark on this day in 1923.…
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This Day in Automotive History: July 9
1908 – Rolls-Royce Opens Its Derby Factory Rolls-Royce officially opened its new purpose-built factory on Nightingale Road in Derby, England, on this day in…
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This Day in Automotive History: July 8
1901 – France Establishes a 10 km/h Urban Speed Limit France reportedly established a speed limit of 10 km/h, or approximately 6 mph, for…
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The $14,000 Fiat Topolino Hits America but You Can’t Drive it Everywhere
What Exactly Is the Fiat Topolino? The Fiat Topolino may look like a tiny city car, but it occupies a category somewhere between an…
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This Day in Automotive History: July 7
1958 – Motorcycle Pioneer Joseph Merkel Dies Joseph Frederic Merkel, the pioneering engineer behind the Merkel and Flying Merkel motorcycles, died around this date…
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A Street-Legal Porsche 917 Replica Is Up for Auction—and It Has an LS3 V8
Are you sick and tired of not having a Porsche 917? Me too! Now’s your chance! Sort of. Its impossibly low body, wraparound windshield…
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This Day in Automotive History: July 6
1851 – Electric-Motor Pioneer Thomas Davenport Dies American inventor Thomas Davenport died on this day in 1851, just three days before his 49th birthday.…
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This Day in Automotive History: July 5
1865 – Britain Enacts the “Red Flag Act” Britain’s Locomotives Act of 1865, better known as the “Red Flag Act,” became law on this…
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This Day in Automotive History: July 4
1903 – Dorothy Levitt Wins at the Southport Speed Trials British motoring pioneer Dorothy Levitt won her class at the Southport Speed Trials while…
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This Day in Automotive History: July 3
1916 – The First Jordan Automobile Is Manufactured The first automobile produced by the newly established Jordan Motor Car Company was completed around this…
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This Day in Automotive History: July 2
1909 – Hudson Completes Its First Production Automobile The Hudson Motor Car Company completed its first production automobile around this date in 1909 at…
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Did Ferrari’s Marketing Boss Leave Because of the Luce? The Timing Is Hard to Ignore
Ferrari’s Most Controversial Car in Years Ferrari’s first fully electric automobile was always going to provoke an emotional response. The company built its reputation…