On this day in 2022, the 40,000,000th F-Series for U.S. customers rolled off the line at Ford’s River Rouge plant
After investing millions of dollars into the development of plastics, the Ford Motor Company publicly debuted its Soybean Car on
On January 9, 1924, the market capitalization of Ford Motor Company would exceed $1 billion for the first time. For
The Ford Ranchero made its debut at the New York Auto Show on this day in 1956. This car/truck mashup
Henry Ford had a history of supporting unusual causes, often in even more unusual ways. Perhaps no attempted feat was
The first moving assembly line in the automotive industry began to churn out Ford Model Ts on this day in
The United States gubernatorial, house and senate elections took place throughout the United States on November 5, 1918. One of
On this day in 1955 Ford produced its 2 millionth Flathead V8 engine, 23 years after its introduction in the
It was on this day in 1909 that a court battle between George Selden and Henry Ford that started on
On this day in 1959, Henry Ford II introduced the compact, fuel efficient Falcon via closed-circuit TV to viewers in
William Clay Ford Jr., the great-grandson of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford, and current FMC chairman, was born on
If there was a certification class for Craigslist car browsing excellence, I think I would ace the course. I spend
If you happened to stroll into the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City in June of 1948, you may have
“The Dearborn Independent,” also referred to as “The Ford International Weekly,” was a weekly paper established in 1901 in Dearborn,
On this day in 1959 Ford announced it would be ending its Edsel program. The cars, named after Henry Ford’s
This book tells fascinating tales, bringing individual days to life with short stories, photographs and illustrations.
Connect with us on Facebook or sign up for our automotive history newsletter to keep in touch.
This Day in Automotive History is a transportation history, car history and general automotive history website dedicated to providing informative and entertaining content.
Our goal is to enlighten our readers by producing and publishing automotive content on a wide range of topics, including famous cars, important automotive inventors and engineers and other historic automobile related events, places and people.
©2023 Cars & Copy Media Co. All rights Reserved.
This Day in Automotive History is product of Spare Change Multimedia LLC, DBA Cars & Copy Inc.
If you have any questions about the content we publish, including our car videos and car history pictures and text and the use of them, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
On occasion we post classic cars for sale from Craigslist, Facebook and other online marketplaces. We utilize imagery from those ads in a fair use fashion. This includes barn finds for sale, muscle cars for sale, vans for sale, station wagons for sale, trucks for sale and other affordable old cars for sale. If you’d like your car featured, reach out to us!
Connect with us on Facebook or sign up for our automotive history newsletter to keep in touch.
Connect with us on Facebook or sign up for our automotive history newsletter to keep in touch.
