Thursday, January 04, 2007

This Day in Auto History: JAN 04

Automobile Quarterly

1.4.1893 - "Mason M. Roberts of General Motors is born in Anderson, IN"
1.4.1930 - The 1930 Auburns are introduced at the New York Automobile Show
1.4.1944 - "David W. Rodger, Vice President and Secretary of the Federal-MogulCorporation and an employee of the firm since 1915, dies at age 50"
1.4.1955 - "The 1955 Packards are introduced, featuring the marque's first V-8engines and the ``cathredral'' taillights designed by Richard A. Teague"
1.4.1974 - "Yves Boisset, an Argentine Peugeot official, is kidnapped byguerillas"

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick

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