On January 19, 1903, a bold announcement appeared in the French sports newspaper L’Auto that would forever change the world of athletics and sports journalism. Facing declining readership and fierce competition, the paper revealed plans […]
On January 18, 1919, engineer and entrepreneur Walter Owen “W.O.” Bentley founded Bentley Motors Ltd. in London with a straightforward ambition: to build “a good car, a fast car, the best in its class.” The […]
Muscle cars collectors obsess over that most people have never heard of Everyone knows about GTOs, Mustangs, and Camaros. Serious collectors hunt down entirely different machines that rewrote performance history before vanishing into obscurity. AMC […]
The Chevrolet Corvette made its public debut on January 17, 1953, when General Motors pulled the cover off a sleek concept car at the company’s annual Motorama show inside New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The […]
Car safety features that sounded smart but turned out to be disasters Car designers have always promised that the next big innovation would make driving safer, smarter, and nearly foolproof. From buzzers that scolded distracted […]
January 15th celebrates the birthday of Jean Bugatti, the eldest son of Ettore Bugatti, the founder of Automobiles E. Bugatti. Jean Bugatti was born in Cologne, Germany. Jean played a very influential role in the […]
Cars that were legal for years before anyone realized how unsafe they were Automotive history contains numerous vehicles sold legally for years despite serious safety defects. Manufacturers knew about dangerous flaws but calculated that fixing […]
On January 13th, 1942, Henry Ford received a patent for the construction of the first plastic car. Ford, a renowned American innovator, created the Soybean or Hemp Body car, as he aspired to build a […]
January 14, 1954, marks the anniversary of the merger of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and the Hudson Motor Car Company. The merger challenged the Big Three in the automotive industry: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler to […]
Automotive trends from the ’60s and ’70s that would never pass inspection today Driving in the 1960s and 1970s meant navigating vehicles specifically designed for style over survival. These nine trends illustrate how far safety […]