2015 Event The U.S. has fined American Honda Motor Company $70 million for neglecting to report, from mid-2003 to mid-2014, over 1,700 safety issues that resulted in deaths or injuries 2014 Event Ford Motor Company begins using aluminum instead of steel in the body of its most popular truck, the F-150; the change has cost the company time and money in conversion of production lines but will make the vehicle more fuel efficient 2014 Event A U.S. lawsuit against IBM and Ford Motor Company, seeking damages for the companies' transactions with the former apartheid government, has been dismissed; the transactions were conducted by foreign units and are not under jurisdiction of U.S. law 2014 Event Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally, will retire in July and be replaced by Mark Fields; Mulally restored profitability and distinguished the company as the only Big Three automaker to refuse government bailouts during the 2008-2009 recession 2013 Event To prevent problems with airbag deployment caused by issues with their electrical system, Toyota Motor Corporation recalls 885,000 vehicles 2012 Event Toyota Motor Corporation agrees to pay $1 billion to settle over a dozen lawsuits related to sudden acceleration 1987 Death Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70 1987 Event Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1987 Event 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor 1986 Event Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to U.S. 1984 Event Niki Lauda becomes 3rd time motor racing world champ 1982 Death Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash 1980 Event Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto 1978 Event Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor President by chairman Henry Ford II 1975 Event Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K.; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 1966 Death Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 1964 Event Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor 1964 Event Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1963 Death William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies 1957 Event Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel 1943 Death Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 1943 Death Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavian physicist (tesla motor), dies at 86 1941 Death Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies 1927 Event Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A) 1927 Event Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile 1924 Event Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile 1918 Birthday Don Castle, Texas, actor, Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol 1917 Birthday Henry Ford II, automaker, Ford Motor Co. 1915 Event Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile 1914 Birthday Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation 1914 Event Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day 1913 Death Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55 1906 Birthday Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO, Honda Motor Co 1903 Event Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car 1899 Death George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies 1895 Event 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company 1893 Event Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor 1888 Event Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour 1886 Event Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor 1879 Event Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route 1858 Birthday Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, Diesel motor 1855 Event Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor 1832 Birthday Nikolaus A. Otto, German technician, gas motor, otto motor 1826 Birthday Zenobe Theophile Gramme, inventor, electric motor 1802 Birthday Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor 1791 Birthday Michael Faraday, discovered principle of electric motor
