Portal:Cars/Anniversaries/May 1
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- 1924 — Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft agree to combine as Daimler-Benz.
- 1926 — Ford Motor Company introduces the five-day 40-hour work week for factory workers.
- 1963 — Arjay Miller replaces John Dykstra as president of Ford Motor Company.
- 1984 — Toyo Kogyo officially changes its name to Mazda
- 1994 — Ayrton Senna dies at the San Marino Grand Prix
- 1998 — The Saab 900 name is retired as the Saab 9-3 arrives for sale
- 2002 — The 500,000th Range Rover is produced
- 2003 — Jack Smith hands over chairmanship of General Motors to Rick Wagoner.
