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31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

  • 31st January 2023
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Britain, Health and Safety, Law, Legislation, United Kingdom

The modern 3-point seat belt was created by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin, who was a safety engineer for car manufacturer Volvo.

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21st January 1981: First DeLorean sports car produced (famous as the ‘Back to the Future’ car)

  • 21st January 2023
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Britain, Economy, Invention, Northern Ireland, Science, Technology, USA

The DeLorean DMC-12 sports car was later used as the time machine in Back to the Future.

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9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles

  • 9th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Chemistry, Invention, Lead, Oil, Poison, Science, Technology, United States, USA

Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.

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27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit

  • 27th September 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Automobile, Car, Detroit, Engineering, Factory, Ford, Mechanical, Model T, Science, Technology, United States

The Model T was enormously successful, and at one point half of all automobiles on the road were not just Ford cars but Model Ts.

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19th June 1949: The first NASCAR ‘Strictly Stock’ race takes place at Charlotte Speedway

  • 19th June 2022
  • Tagged as: Automobile, NASCAR, Prohibition, Race, Racing, USA

The first NASCAR race took place at the Charlotte Speedway in North Carolina.

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13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone

  • 13th May 2022
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Britain, England, George VI, Italy, Race, Silverstone, Speed, Sport

The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.

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8th March 1950: Volkswagen Type 2 ‘Camper’ van enters production, also known as the Transporter or Bus

  • 8th March 2022
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Germany, Industry, Nazi, Science, Second World War, Technology, Transport, Volkswagen

The Type 2 finally debuted on 12 November and by the end of its first year over nine and a half thousand vehicles had rolled off the production line.

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18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set

  • 18th December 2021
  • Tagged as: Automobile, France, Paris, Science, Speed, Technology

French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.

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3rd December 1910: The world’s first neon light was turned on for the public at the Paris Motor Show

  • 3rd December 2021
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Electricity, France, Invention, Paris, Science, Technology

Frenchman Georges Claude’s neon lighting at the Paris Motor Show was used to light the front of the large exhibition space at the Grand Palais with red lighting.

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7th August 1909: Alice Ramsey makes the first female transcontinental car journey

  • 7th August 2021
  • Tagged as: Automobile, New York, San Francisco, United States, USA, Women
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Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive an automobile across a continent when she completed a 59-day road trip from New York to San Francisco.

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