The Chevrolet Corvette sports car was presented for the first time at GM Motorama Auto Show in New York.
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More than 80 people die in the Le Mans car race disaster.
23 cars take part in the first Rally Monte Carlo.
Henry Ford changed employees' working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.
The American Motors Corporation, best known for creating the Jeep, was bought out by Chrysler.
Saudi Arabia became the last country in the world to lift a ban on women driving cars.
