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On this day June 14

1832 — Nikolaus Otto, inventor of the Otto cycle engine common in automobiles today, is born.

1936 — The BMW 328 roadster debuts at the Eifel race at the Nürburgring

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If you stop a block of clay long enough in a design studio, someone will drop a 3.8 in it.

—Former Oldsmobile General Manager John Rock explaining why he wanted Olds to have its own 3.5 L DOHC V6 instead of relying on the ubiquitous Buick V6

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The Holden Commodore is an automobile produced by the Holden division of General Motors (GM) in Australia, and formerly, in New Zealand. In the late 1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Kingswood nameplate with an all-new smaller model. Holden looked to Opel (another GM subsidiary) for inspiration, and based the Commodore on the Opel Rekord. The German marque continued to provide the basics for future generations; however the trend changed when Holden launched the fourth generation model in 2006. This came to be Holden's most expensive project yet, boasting an all-Australian design.

Introduced with a single sedan body style, the range expanded in 1979 to include a station wagon.The lineup expanded for a second time in 1990, when Holden introduced the utility and the long-wheelbase Statesman and Caprice derivatives. Then in 2001, the third generation architecture provided the foundations for a revived Monaro coupé. (more...)

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Ford Motor Company announced the sales of its Jaguar and Land Rover operations

2008-03-26

March 26, 2008 Ford made an announcement its agreement to sell its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Indian car maker Tata Motors. The total price is around US $2.3 billion in cash. Lewis Booth, executive vice president, Ford Motor Company says "This is a good agreement".

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On this day June 14

June 14: Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Flag Day in the United States

• 1777 – The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States.
• 1807 – In the last major battle in the War of the Fourth Coalition, the French decisively defeated the Russians at the Battle of Friedland near present-day Pravdinsk, Russia.
• 1822 – Charles Babbage (pictured) proposed a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
• 1846 – Settlers in the Town of Sonoma began a rebellion against Mexico, proclaiming the California Republic.
• 1982 – Argentine forces surrendered to the British, ending the Falklands War.
• 1985 – A group with alleged links to Hezbollah hijacked TWA Flight 847 shortly after take-off from Athens.

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