Stories
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This Day in Automotive History: October 9
1623 – Ferdinand Verbiest Is Born Born in Pittem, Flanders, Ferdinand Verbiest arrived on 9 October 1623 and would later astonish the Qing court…
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Jeep’s “Never Built” 1970 Sports Car Was Found Running Decades Later
The Jeep Historians Said Was Never Built This is a story of the original sport and utility vehicle, as the marketing material called it.…
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Volkswagen Built a Secret W10 BMW M5 Personally Used by Ferdinand Piech; Now it Can be Yours
Yes, It’s BMW M5 Volkswagen From the outside, it looks like a fairly ordinary E39 BMW M5. Carbon Black paint, four doors, familiar wheels…
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This Day in Automotive History: October 8
1869 – Birth of J. Frank Duryea James Frank Duryea arrived on October 8, 1869, and would become one half of the Duryea brothers…
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Jaguar is Starting Over With a 1,015-HP EV, the Type 01
Jaguar Is Betting Everything on a New Beginning For more than a century, Jaguar has built its reputation around a fairly specific idea of…
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One on the Road: Cadillac Dream Car Heads to Auction
One of the strangest survivors from General Motors’ Motorama era will cross the block at RM Sotheby’s Hershey auction in 2026. The 1956 Cadillac…
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This Day in Automotive History: October 7
1913 – Model T Chassis Joins the Moving Assembly Line at Highland Park Ford pushed a radical piece of industrial theatre into everyday manufacturing…
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Packard Built the Car of the Future in 1956 and then Went Out of Business
When Packard unveiled the Predictor at the Chicago Auto Show on January 7, 1956, people reportedly crowded ten deep around its turntable. That was…
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This Day in Automotive History: October 6
1910 – Orazio Satta Puliga Is Born in Turin Born in Turin on October 6, 1910, Orazio Satta Puliga would become one of Alfa…
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This Day in Automotive History: October 5
1909 – Durant’s Failed Bid for Ford When William C. Durant sat down with Henry Ford on October 5, 1909, he aimed to add…
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This Day in Automotive History: October 4
1928 – Mercedes Introduces Its First Production Straight‑Eight, the Nürburg 460 At the 1928 Paris Motor Show Mercedes‑Benz unveiled the Nürburg 460 (Type W08),…
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This Day in Automotive History: October 3
1935 – Peugeot Reveals the Streamlined Type 402 Peugeot unfurled its daring Type 402 to the public at the Paris Motor Show when the…