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| March 3, 1879 | THE WISCONSIN STEAM ROAD WAGON. (oldest article in The Crittenden Automotive Library) | Milwaukee Sentinel |
| September 2, 1894 | CASIMIR-PERIER AT HOME (article except about steam stagecoaches being used to deliver goods from stores to customers) | The New York Times |
| June 14, 1895 | Race of Carriages Without Horses. | The New York Times |
| June 17, 1895 | WAGONS TO BE RUN BY GAS (Descriptions of very early automobiles) | The New York Times |
| July 16, 1895 | PLOTTING AGAINST HORSES (Descriptions of very early automobiles) | The New York Times |
| May 6, 1897 | TOPICS OF THE TIMES. excerpt: Automobile is a dreadful word, and the French ought to be ashamed of it, for to inconvenient length it adds an inadequacy of signification that amounts almost or quite to inaccuracy, and therefore it does not deserve a place in the most exact of modern languages. However, the French, thanks to their magnificent roads, already have "automobiles" as an every-day, practical means of transportation, while our "horseless carriages" are little better than toys to excite curiosity. Still, they ought to invent a better name. A steamboat or a railway train is as "automobile" as are the new road wagons. | The New York Times |
| March 7, 1900 | Motor Car Inventor Dead.: CANNSTADT, Würtemberg, March 6.—Herr [Gottleib] Daimler, the inventor of the motor car bearing his name, died here to-day. | The New York Times |
| March 5, 1902 | NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB. (formation of the AAA) | The New York Times |
| November 30, 1902 | Gasoline Motor's Fast Mile. (Barney Oldfield sets circle track record of 1:02) | The New York Times |
| May 17, 1903 | NEW AUTOMOBILE LAW DIVIDES THE EXPERTS (Early drivers' licensing law) | The New York Times |
| August 30, 1903 | Automobile Topics of Interest (first automobile to reach the Arctic Circle) | The New York Times |
| August 27, 1905 | WOMAN AUTO DRIVER SCORES TWO VICTORIES (an early reference to women driving race cars) | The New York Times |
| December 28, 1908 | General Motors Co. Starts Rumor Anew | The New York Times |
| February 8, 1909 | INDIANA'S AUTO SPEEDWAY (construction of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) | The New York Times |
| June 6, 1909 | The Automobile as a Civilizer. | John North Willys |
| October 16, 1910 | History of Automobile Racing in America | Fred J. Wagner |
| May 31, 1911 | Harroun Only One Sure of His Place (postrace from the Inaugural Indianapolis 500) | Indianapolis News |
| August 4, 1915 | Rickenbacker in Elgin Races. (an early note on Eddie Rickenbacker's auto racing career, he would go on to become America's greatest WWI flying ace) | The New York Times |
| December 5, 1915 | TWENTY CAR-PACKED YEARS. (An Early History of the Automobile) | The New York Times |
| November 26, 1920 | GASTON CHEVROLET KILLED IN RACE | The New York Times |
| July 26, 1956 | "IDEA" CAR LOST ON ANDREA DORIA | Chrysler Corporation |
| August 21, 2001 | NASCAR Media Conference (regarding the death of Dale Earnhardt) | Mike Helton |
| June 19, 2003 | NASCAR Media Conference (announcing the Nextel Cup) | Tim Donahue
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Brian France
Bill France |
| April 15, 2005 | Last British volume car manufacturer closes down | Wikinews |
| July 8, 2005 | Thirteen people died in London bus bombing | Wikinews |
| October 8, 2005 | Robotic cars successfully complete 132-mile DARPA Grand Challenge race | Wikinews |
| June 7, 2007 | Switzerland lifts ban on motor racing | Wikinews |
| June 13, 2007 | NASCAR's Earnhardt Jr Signs 5-year Contract with Hendrick Motorsports | Wikinews |
| August 2, 2007 | Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses | Wikinews |
| January 5, 2008 | 2008 Dakar Rally cancelled over terrorist threat | Wikinews |
| August 28, 2008 | Phil Hill, first American to win the Formula One championship, dies at age 81 | Wikinews |
| December 5, 2008 | Solar car travels around the world | Wikinews |
| December 20, 2008 | US government gives automakers $17.4 billion in bail-out loans | Wikinews |
| March 24, 2009 | World's cheapest car launched in India, will go on sale in April | Wikinews |
| April 1, 2009 | Southern California auto maker announces fully-electric sedan | Wikinews |
| May 1, 2009 | Chrysler files for bankruptcy, Fiat Group SpA to run company | Wikinews |
| May 7, 2009 | Porsche and Volkswagen automakers agree to merger | Wikinews |
| May 14, 2009 | U.S. automaker Chrysler wants to eliminate 789 dealerships | Wikinews |
| May 15, 2009 | U.S. automaker GM plans to close 1,100 dealerships | Wikinews |
| June 1, 2009 | U.S. manufacturer General Motors seeks bankruptcy protection | Wikinews |
| February 23, 2010 | Toyota accused of misleading public over recalls | Wikinews |
| April 6, 2010 | Toyota fined $16 million by US government over recalls | Wikinews |
| July 27, 2010 | Chip Ganassi makes American motor sports history | Wikinews |
| July 31, 2010 | US President Barack Obama test drives Chevy Volt in Michigan | Wikinews |
| January 26, 2011 | Toyota recalls 1.7m cars after new concerns | Wikinews |
| February 24, 2011 | Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled amid political turmoil | Wikinews |
| May 29, 2011 | Fiat plans to buy majority stake in Chrysler | Wikinews |
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| April 18, 1905 | MRS. COATS PRISONER IN CRAZY AUTOMOBILE | The New York Times |
| June 4, 1914 | SECT BANS AUTOMOBILE. (German Baptists Ban Automobiles for Members--at a meeting with 956 cars in the parking area) | The New York Times |
| March 29, 2005 | Lorry drops thirteen tonnes of fish in British town | Wikinews |
| May 6, 2005 | Pope Benedict's Car Fetches More Than $244,000 in Online Auction | Voice of America |
| June 17, 2005 | British motorists showered with cash on motorway | Wikinews |
| June 19, 2005 | Michelin's tyre mistake sends US Formula One Grand Prix into farce | Wikinews |
| August 3, 2005 | Speeding ticket paid with 12,000 pennies | Wikinews |
| August 11, 2005 | Truck carrying explosives crashes, explodes in Utah | Wikinews |
| August 18, 2005 | Iraqi gasoline is the cheapest in the world at $.05 per gallon | Wikinews |
| January 11, 2006 | Seven-year old Tennessee boy chased by police | Wikinews |
| January 19, 2006 | Dog falls on car and kills driver in Michigan | Wikinews |
| February 14, 2006 | Police embarrassed after car stolen from station | Wikinews |
| March 13, 2006 | Chicago requires blind students to take driver's education | Wikinews |
| May 16, 2006 | Australian man caught driving with no licence twice in one day | Wikinews |
| May 20, 2006 | Sydney off-ramp to charge $1.20 for 200m drive | Wikinews |
| June 12, 2006 | 10-year-old child takes grandmother's car for 85 Km drive | Wikinews |
| June 26, 2006 | Australian man arrested after dragging dead possum behind car | Wikinews |
| June 27, 2006 | Drunk woman hits police car in Sydney | Wikinews |
| July 3, 2006 | Teenager faces murder charges after throwing a brick at motorway | Wikinews |
| July 8, 2006 | Funeral hearse caught speeding in Ireland | Wikinews |
| August 4, 2006 | Car crash enrages bees | Wikinews |
| August 29, 2006 | U.S. commuter blows up section of Washington D.C. Bridge | Wikinews |
| September 9, 2006 | Truck crashes through downtown Toronto sink hole | Wikinews |
| April 9, 2007 | New York couple taking taxi to Arizona | Wikinews |
| May 22, 2007 | California senator opposed to cell-phones involved in cell-phone related crash | Wikinews |
| June 21, 2007 | Transit chief apologises to girls kicked off bus for kissing | Wikinews |
| August 4, 2007 | Südafrikanische Polizei stoppt Taxi mit 23 Ziegen (South African Police stop Taxi with 23 Goats)  | Wikinews |
| August 13, 2007 | Verkehrsunfall: 300 Hühner verendet (Truck Crash: 300 Chickens Escape) | Wikinews |
| August 16, 2007 | Zimbabwe man steals bus for transport to pick up driving licence | Wikinews |
| August 24, 2007 | British driver admits driving at 172 mph | Wikinews |
| September 3, 2007 | Toads cause traffic jam on British Columbia highway | Wikinews |
| September 10, 2007 | Over 30 killed in Mexico dynamite truck explosion | Wikinews |
| October 31, 2007 | Britain's top traffic cop faces driving ban | Wikinews |
| January 17, 2008 | Four paparazzi members arrested after chasing Britney Spears' car | Wikinews |
| May 8, 2008 | Angry driver takes out cyclist pack | Wikinews |
| July 1, 2008 | Truck carrying 12 million bees overturns in New Brunswick | Wikinews |
| July 23, 2008 | Rhode Island man arrested with record blood-alcohol reading | Wikinews |
| September 18, 2008 | Man pulls a 126,292-pound truck over 137 feet, sets world record | Wikinews |
| October 23, 2008 | Australian police commander caught speeding at 175 kph | Wikinews |
| December 3, 2008 | Car accident was an act of God, says driver | Wikinews |
| December 5, 2008 | University's lion mascot out like a lamb after DUI | Wikinews |
| January 8, 2009 | Princess Beatrice's unlocked BMW stolen | Wikinews |
| February 15, 2009 | Woman with world's longest fingernails loses them in car crash | Wikinews |
| February 19, 2009 | Ireland's most-wanted traffic offender unmasked | Wikinews |
| March 14, 2009 | Heckenschütze bedroht Hessische Neuwagentransporte (Sniper Attacks New Cars on Transporters) | Wikinews |
| September 6, 2009 | Corks fly in wine truck fire in Wyoming, US | Wikinews |
| September 17, 2009 | Driver fined after following sat-nav to edge of cliff in West Yorkshire, England | Wikinews |
| November 6, 2009 | Stolen minibus recovered 35 years after theft | Wikinews |
| November 18, 2009 | Illinois tollway worker jailed for stealing fines | Wikinews |
| January 7, 2010 | Swiss millionaire gets record speeding fine | Wikinews |
| January 9, 2010 | Uleteo vozilom u restoran pa naručio doručak (91-year old driver crashes through restaurant window, then orders breakfast)  | Викивести |
| January 15, 2010 | Eleven year-old driver kills family in collision | Wikinews |
| January 25, 2010 | Man caught driving 111 kph over limit in Australia | Wikinews |
| March 13, 2010 | Agency: New York City taxi cab drivers overcharged riders by $8.3 million | Wikinews |
| April 11, 2010 | Australian Muslim killed by her hijab in go-carting accident | Wikinews |
| June 7, 2010 | San Francisco hit-and-run suspect caught after lying | Wikinews |
| August 7, 2010 | Welsh policemen smash 70-year-old's SUV windows | Wikinews |
| October 27, 2010 | Rollstuhlfahrer wird zum Geisterfahrer (87-year old in a wheelchair drives it onto the autobahn...in the wrong direction) | Wikinews |
| November 10, 2010 | Czech Republic Minister of Transport banned from driving | Wikinews |
| December 4, 2010 | „Wetten dass..?“ abgebrochen: Kandidat springt in fahrendes Auto (Someone gets hurt jumping over cars on German television) | Wikinews |
| May 25, 2011 | Accident Turns New Zealand Truck Driver into Human Balloon | VOA Breaking News |
| October 22, 2011 | Chinese girl who was hit and run by two drivers, ignored by eighteen people, dies | Wikinews |
| December 3, 2011 | 'Have them all shot': BBC gets 21,000+ complaints over Jeremy Clarkson's public sector striker comments | Wikinews |
| April 23, 2012 | Texas 'roadeo' lets school bus drivers show their mettle | Wikinews |
| July 2, 2012 | Autofahrer rast in Polizeigebäude (driver rams police station) | Wikinews |
| July 17, 2012 | 42 years later, Texas man locates stolen car | Wikinews |
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