This Day in Auto History: 16 OCTOBER

10.16.1930 - The Bentley 8 Litre is introduced at the Olympia Motor Show in London

10.16.1949 - Pioneer tire designer and manufacturer Charles B. Whittelsey dies in Hartford, CT at age 80

10.16.1957 - Peter J. Shuttleworth, a mechanical engineer at the General Motors Proving Grounds, dies at age 23