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The Peugeot family founds a steel foundry in 1810; it later made tools, bicycles, then cars.

Internal-combustion pioneer born in Schorndorf; co-developed the first high-speed petrol engine.

Engine designer born in Mühlburg (now Karlsruhe); built the world's first practical automobile.

Adam Opel founds the firm in Rüsselsheim as a sewing-machine maker; first cars built in 1899.

Industrialist born in Greenfield Township, Michigan; founder of the Ford Motor Company.

Automotive engineer born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia; named Car Engineer of the Century in 1999.

Revived Dutch marque (heritage since 1880) building aviation-inspired, hand-crafted super sports cars; an iconic name in Netherlands motoring.

Designer-manufacturer born in Milan; founded Automobiles E. Bugatti at Molsheim in 1909.

Carl Benz founds Benz & Cie. in Mannheim; it became the world's first automobile factory.

British engineer Thomas Parker is credited with building an early electric car in London (date disputed).

Benz files German patent 37435 for his motorised tricycle, recognised as the world's first practical automobile.

Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach found DMG in Cannstatt; later maker of the Mercedes.

The 'Flying Mantuan', a pre-war Grand Prix and sports-car great, born in Castel d'Ario near Mantua.

Le Petit Journal's 126 km trial is often called the first motor race; Lemaitre's Peugeot took the premier prize.

Le Petit Journal's 'Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux' — a reliability trial, not a pure race — judged safety, ease and cost.

Philadelphia engineer-chemist duo patent the Electrobat, one of America's first practical electric automobiles.

Václav Laurin and Václav Klement found a bicycle workshop in Mladá Boleslav; cars from 1905.

Émile Levassor's Panhard ran 1,178 km in ~48h, first home but ruled ineligible; the outcry reshaped racing rules.

Founder of Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari S.p.A., born in Modena, Italy.

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat's electric Jeantaud reaches 63.15 km/h at Achères — the first officially timed LSR.

The first officially recognised land speed record: 63.15 km/h (39.24 mph) in an electric Jeantaud at Acheres.

Cleveland's Baker shows its first electric at NYC's first auto show; Thomas Edison bought one as his first car.

Louis Renault and brothers Marcel and Fernand found Société Renault Frères near Paris.

Camille Jenatzy's electric torpedo hits 105.88 km/h at Achères — first vehicle to break the 100 km/h barrier.

Electric torpedo hits 105.88 km/h at Acheres, the first car ever to break 100 km/h.

Nine investors, incl. Giovanni Agnelli, found Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino in Turin.

John and Horace Dodge open a Detroit machine shop; their own car company followed in 1913.

South Africa's largest land-transport museum, holding 2,500+ vintage cars, motorcycles, trams and coaches dating from 1900; founded 1964.

Ferdinand Porsche's wheel-hub-motor electric is the sensation of the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Fernand Charron wins the inaugural national-team trophy in a Panhard — the first international team motor race.

Marcel Renault's light 30 hp Renault beats far bigger cars to take outright victory over ~1,400 km to Vienna.

Henry Leland and partners form Cadillac from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company.

David Dunbar Buick incorporates the Buick Motor Company in Detroit; later a GM cornerstone.

Carnage among drivers and crowds — including Marcel Renault — forces a stop at Bordeaux, ending open-road city races.

Henry Ford incorporates the Ford Motor Company in Detroit with twelve investors.

First closed-circuit Cup; Jenatzy's Mercedes wins and Britain races in shamrock green — the origin of BRG.

America's first major motor-racing trophy; George Heath wins in a Panhard over Nassau County roads.

Léon Théry's Richard-Brasier wins the final running; France soon replaces it with the open Grand Prix format.

Charles Rolls and Henry Royce register Rolls-Royce Limited, building on their 1904 partnership.

Vincenzo Florio's Madonie road race debuts; Alessandro Cagno wins for Itala in just over nine hours.

First race to carry the 'Grand Prix' name with open entries; Ferenc Szisz wins for Renault near Le Mans.

Engineer born in Shizuoka Prefecture; founded Honda Motor Co. in 1948.

Designer born in Smyrna; created the Mini and the Morris Minor for the British motor industry.

Fiat racing drivers Vincenzo Lancia and Claudio Fogolin found Lancia & C. in Turin.

The 2.767-mile banked oval near Weybridge, Surrey opened in 1907 as the first purpose-built motor racing circuit.

Anderson's Detroit Electric starts building battery cars; ~13,000 made through 1939, popular for their easy start.

Legendary public-roads motorcycle time-trial, first held in 1907.

Inaugural TT: Collier won the single-cylinder class on a Matchless; Rem Fowler took the twin-cylinder class on a Norton.

Prince Scipione Borghese drives ~15,000 km from Peking to Paris in an Itala, reaching France first.

Hugh Locke King's banked concrete oval in Surrey opens, freeing British cars from the 20 mph road limit.

Christian Lautenschlager's Mercedes wins at Dieppe, signalling German engineering's rise in early GP racing.

Ettore Bugatti establishes his car firm in Molsheim, Alsace; lease signed 1 January 1910.

Michio Suzuki founds Suzuki Loom Works in Hamamatsu; cars and motorcycles came decades later.

Carl Fisher, James Allison, Arthur Newby and Frank Wheeler incorporate the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company.

August Horch founds his second car firm in Zwickau; renamed Audi after a trademark dispute.

The 2.5-mile speedway opened on 19 Aug 1909; soon repaved with 3.2 million bricks, earning the 'Brickyard' name.

Designer born in Wiener Neustadt; drove the first Porsche-badged car, the 356, in 1948.

After fatal surface failures, IMS is repaved with 3.2 million bricks, earning the name 'The Brickyard.'

A.L.F.A. is founded in Milan, taking over Darracq's Italian assets; renamed Alfa Romeo in 1920.

'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing', first run in 1911.

The 2.5-mile 'Brickyard', home of the Indianapolis 500 since 1911 and the largest-capacity sports venue in the world, also hosting an infield road course.

FIA member club founded 1911; pioneered local defensive driving in 1970 and runs a motion-simulated defensive driving programme alongside member and IDP services.

23 cars set out from 11 European cities to Monaco; Henri Rougier won in a Turcat-Méry, founding the world's oldest rally.

The inaugural 500-mile race was held on 30 May 1911 and won by Ray Harroun before a crowd of about 80,000.

Five-time F1 World Champion, born in Balcarce, Argentina; his title record stood for 46 years.

Louis Chevrolet and William Durant found the Chevrolet Motor Company; Durant used it to retake GM.

Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford found Bamford & Martin in London; renamed Aston Martin in 1914.

The Maserati brothers open Officine Alfieri Maserati in Bologna; the trident marque followed.

'The Race to the Clouds' up Colorado's Pikes Peak, first run in 1916.

First public automotive museum in the Arab world (2003); displays ~80 of the late King Hussein's cars and motorcycles dating from 1916.

7 March 1916 is recorded as the foundation date of Bayerische Motoren Werke, born from aircraft engines.

Industrialist born in Renazzo; founded Lamborghini tractors in 1948 and sports cars in 1963.

Dario Resta wins the only 500 ever shortened to 300 miles; the race then paused for WWI in 1917-18.

Spencer Penrose stages the first hillclimb up Pikes Peak; Rea Lentz wins in a homemade car. America's 2nd-oldest auto race.

Rea Lentz won the inaugural 'Race to the Clouds' in 20:55.6; Spencer Penrose staged it to publicize his new highway.

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding introduces the Model A, Japan's first series-production automobile.

W. O. Bentley founds Bentley Motors Limited in London on the day the Paris Peace Conference opened.

André Citroën founds Automobiles Citroën; the Type A becomes Europe's first mass-produced car.

Jujiro Matsuda founds Toyo Cork Kogyo in Hiroshima; vehicle production began in 1931.

One of the world's oldest rallies (since 1921); returned to the WRC calendar in 2024.

The original 14.9 km triangle on public roads linking Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot was laid out in 1921.

Berlin's twin-straight AVUS is inaugurated with a motor race, doubling as a high-speed industry test road.

The 'Temple of Speed', Italy's historic Formula 1 home since 1922 and one of the fastest permanent circuits in the world.

Opened 3 Sep 1922, Monza was the world's third purpose-built circuit after Brooklands and Indianapolis.

William Lyons and William Walmsley found the Swallow Sidecar Co., forerunner of Jaguar Cars.

The world's oldest active endurance race, first run in 1923 at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

The world's most prestigious endurance race, run by the ACO since 1923 and flagship round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1923; the permanent Bugatti track and Circuit des 24 Heures form France's most iconic motorsport venue.

Germany's oldest natural hillclimb course, since 1923

Designer and racer born in Leesburg, Texas; creator of the AC/Shelby Cobra.

The first round-the-clock endurance classic runs on public roads near Le Mans, testing reliability over speed.

The inaugural endurance classic; the #9 Chenard-Walcker covered 128 laps to win the world's first 24-hour race.

Co-founder of the Cooper Car Company, born in Surbiton; pioneer of the rear-engined F1 car.

Founded 1924, Liechtenstein's national motoring club and ACS section, organising member driving-safety training, assistance and motoring events nationwide.

Cecil Kimber's modified Morris cars at Morris Garages in Oxford give rise to the MG marque.

Classic 24-hour touring/GT enduro in the Ardennes, first run in 1924.

John Duff and Frank Clement win in a Bentley 3 Litre, launching the legend of the 'Bentley Boys'.

John Duff and Frank Clement take Bentley's first Le Mans win, one lap clear of the Lorraine-Dietrichs.

First issue of the long-running British motorsport journal appears, renamed Motor Sport in August 1925.

The Bugatti Type 35 makes its race debut at Lyon; it would go on to win over a thousand races in its career.

The AIACR's manufacturers' title — motorsport's first World Championship — debuts; Alfa Romeo takes the 1925 crown.

The oldest event on the MotoGP calendar, run since 1925; the Netherlands' biggest motorsport weekend with MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 at TT Circuit Assen.

Walter Chrysler reorganizes Maxwell Motor into the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit.

Antonio Ascari's Alfa Romeo wins the first Grand Prix at Spa, opening one of racing's great circuits.

Campbell's Blue Bird reaches 150.77 mph at Pendine Sands, the first car to cross the 150 mph land-speed barrier.

Alfa Romeo's Ascari dies after crashing while leading at Montlhéry; his son Alberto would later become world champion.

Historic fast public-road circuit racing since 1926; still hosts classic car and motorcycle road-racing meetings on its closed-off Ardennes loop.

Switzerland's flagship hillclimb since 1926, a 5.1 km Jura ascent that is a round of the FIA European Hill Climb Championship and the Swiss Mountain Championship.

DMG and Benz & Cie. merge into Daimler-Benz, adopting the Mercedes-Benz trademark.

Run in heavy rain at Berlin's AVUS, the inaugural German GP gives Rudolf Caracciola his breakthrough Mercedes win.

Sénéchal and Wagner win the first RAC Grand Prix in a Delage, Britain's debut round of championship racing.

Benjafield and Davis win in a Bentley 3 Litre, starting four Bentley victories (1927-1930) by the 'Bentley Boys'.

The 'Thousand Miles' open-road classic debuts; Giuseppe Morandi wins for OM in just under 21 hours.

The first Volvo, the ÖV4 'Jakob', rolls out in Gothenburg from Gabrielsson and Larson's firm.

First races held 18 Jun 1927 on the new 22.8 km Nordschleife, built to replace dangerous public-road racing.

Benjafield and Davis survive the multi-car White House pile-up to win for Bentley by 20 laps.

Speedway stadium hosting FIM Speedway GP qualifying, since 1928

Arthur Waite won the 100 Miles Road Race in an Austin 7; later recognised as the first Australian Grand Prix.

Founder of Lotus, born in Richmond, London; champion of lightness and aerodynamic innovation.

Woolf Barnato and Bernard Rubin beat the Stutz after a race-long duel for Bentley's third win.