History
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Next year marks Bentley's 100th year of operation and the brand revealed its first celebration plan. To mark the milestone date, Bentley will release a limited edition book covering a century of operations and the brand's future. As we learned in July, it will also build a special Mulsanne as a hommage to brand founder Walter Owen (W.O.) Bentley. But the book is probably something you won't need a Bentley-sized income to afford, though we doubt it will be cheap. Bentley was keen to point out the book, called "Bentley Centenary Opus," isn't just a history book. The book's publisher, Opus, was...
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Porsche celebrates 70 years with video tribute"We are what nobody needs, but everyone wants." That's a hell of a statement, but it's one that Porsche can certainly make, and the brand does just that in this video tribute to 70 years of building sports cars. This video is not a deep dive into Porsche's history. Instead, it's a quick and...
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Hitler's 1939 Mercedes-Benz heads to auction
No car chooses its owner, and such a statement rings truest with this 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Offener Tourenwagen. We say that because this example was Adolf Hitler's personal vehicle, and it was also used by his staff during World War II. The historic, and controversial, Mercedes will head...
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Documentary reveals Mercedes-Benz AMG developed the CLK GTR in just 128 days
No one at Mercedes-Benz knew it at the time, but the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR would ultimately go down as one of the 1990's most iconic Grand Touring Championship cars and spawn one of the era's wildest limited-edition supercars. It's easy to assume such a project took months, even years to develop...
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Mazda Celebrating 25 Years Of The MX-5 Miata At The 2014 New York Auto Show
Mazda will display 15 significant MX-5 models at the 2014 New York Auto Show.
Stephen Edelstein -
Safety Is Nothing New For Audi, Company Has Crash-Tested Cars For 75 Years
Audi predecessor DKW first crash-tested a car in 1938.
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AMG has gone from independent tuner to in-house performance division.
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World's Third-Oldest Car Plant At 100 Years: MINIs Still Rolling Off Line
You'd never know it today, but there once was a time when Britain had the second-largest automotive industry in the world. A bit of that heritage surfaces this month as one of the seminal auto plants that built Britain's industry celebrates its 100th birthday. That site, now called MINI Plant...
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Ford's Innovative SYNC System Inducted Into Computer Museum
When you think of Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum, you may imagine Eniac, or a DEC PDP-8, perhaps even such early personal computers as the Altair and Apple II. Well, think SYNC, too. Curators at the museum have added Ford's SYNC in-car connectivity and communications system to its...
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50-Year-Old Giugiaro Model Tells The Story Of The Lamborghini That Never Was
Lamborghini could be a whole different automaker today had this been its first car.
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Top Gear USA Season Two Starts July 24
We’ve known for some time that HISTORY was planning to air a second season of Top Gear USA, after the show’s first season, which comprised some 10 episodes, managed to pull in a total of 60 million viewers. Now, thanks to the show’s Facebook page, we know that the first episode of...
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Video: History Of The BMW Logo
While most people think BMW’s logo is a representation of a spinning propeller, an understandable mistake given the automaker’s roots in aircraft engine manufacturing, the truth actually lies elsewhere. The first time the logo was used on a vehicle was actually on a motorbike, the R32 model of...
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Roadsters. Open air, summer sun and a visceral connection to the road. For many, the quintessential enthusiast's driving experience. But for many, many more, they are the attractive and sporting little convertibles that flit back and forth to work, shops and play with equal ease. Today BMW is celebrating its 75th year in the business of building roadsters. But these days, BMW isn't just in the business - it's one of the leading roadster builders in the world. So how did it get here? By starting at the beginning, with the 315/1, a hopped-up, topless version of the 315 Saloon, first built in...
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Porsche's new museum chooses its first exhibits
A museum of Porsche's greatest vehicles quietly launched its first twelve choices for its exhibits yesterday, with a total of 80 to be on display by the end of the week. Among the first dozen displays are the legendary 356 Cabriolet and the first prototype of the Porsche 924. The museum is not yet...
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Honda quietly entered its 60th year of business this week
Known not just for its strong automotive business, but for its engine, aviation, robotics and motorcycle arms as well, Honda entered its 60th year as a corporation this week. Honda's official existence began on September 24, 1948, when Soichiro Honda incorporated the company. Starting with a...
Ralph Hanson
