VW Beetle Breaks World Car Production Record (1972)
On 17 February 1972, the world car production record was broken by the Volkswagen Beetle, with a total of 15,007,034 units produced worldwide, thereby surpassing the production figure that had…
Happy Birthday Ernst Heinkel (1888)
Happy Birthday Ernst Heinkel, Who? Ernst Heinkel was born on 24th of January 1888 in Grumbach, Germany. He designed spectacular aircraft for the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.…
Happy Birthday Sir Alex Issigonis (1906)
Sir Alex Issigonis (18 November 1906 – 2 October 1988) was a British-Greek automotive designer. He designed the Mini, launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959, and voted the second most influential car of the…
The Honda Motor Company is Incorporated (1948)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., commonly known as Honda, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered at the Toranomon Alcea Tower in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in October 1946…
FIAT is Founded (1899)
Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., commonly known as simply Fiat, is an Italian automobile manufacturer. It became a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2014 and, in 2021, became a subsidiary of…