Stories
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This Day in Automotive History: September 18
1932 – Ab Jenkins’ Solo 24‑Hour Blast in a Pierce‑Arrow V12 Ab Jenkins spent September 18 behind the wheel of a Pierce‑Arrow V12 roadster…
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Macklemore Survived a Head-On Crash That Destroyed His Mercedes-Maybach
The Mercedes Looked Like Nobody Should Have Walked Away Macklemore is back in the national headlines in September 2026, but nearly a decade ago…
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The NFL Was Born Inside a Hupmobile Dealership in 1920
Where Did the NFL Start? Long before billion-dollar stadiums, television contracts and Super Bowl commercials, professional football was a disorganized regional business. Teams operated…
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This Day in Automotive History: September 17
1854 – David Dunbar Buick Is Born Born in Arbroath, Scotland on September 17, 1854, David Dunbar Buick emigrated to Detroit as a child…
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Henry Ford II Took Over Ford at 28 and Nearly Lost Control of the Company
Henry Ford II Inherited Ford at the Worst Possible Moment When Edsel Ford died in May 1943 at just 49, Ford Motor Company lost…
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Karl Benz Built the First Practical Car, but Bertha Benz Made It Famous
Karl Benz Invented a Car the World Wasn’t Sure It Needed Karl Benz did not invent the first self-propelled road vehicle. Steam-powered machines had…
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Are Collector Car Prices Going Down? Here’s What’s Actually Getting Cheaper in 2026
The Classic Car Market Is Not Nearly as Hot as the Headlines Suggest If you only looked at auction headlines, you might think classic-car…
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This Day in Automotive History: September 16
1908 – William Durant Incorporates General Motors On September 16, 1908 William C. Durant took the formal step of incorporating General Motors as a…
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Affordable Prewar Cars for Sale on Craigslist
There is something refreshing about shopping for cars that are 85, 100 or even 110 years old on the same website where people sell…
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This Day in Automotive History: September 15
1909 – Birth of Yutaka Katayama, ‘Mr. K’, Future Champion of the Z Yutaka Katayama was born on September 15, 1909 — the man…
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This Day in Automotive History: September 14
1965 – Fantasy Sitcom ‘My Mother the Car’ Debuts on NBC When NBC introduced My Mother the Car on September 14, 1965, viewers encountered…
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The Cylinder Wars of the Great Depression Era
Despite the economic turmoil of the Great Depression, America’s luxury automakers spent much of the 1930s fighting a multi-cylinder arms race. Packard revived the…