On June 17, 1971, at the age of 24, he was killed in an automobile accident.

On April 12, 1966, Berry received severe head injuries in an automobile accident just a short distance from Dead Man's Curve in Los Angeles, California, two years after the song had become a hit.

On 2 December 1956, outside Satara, India, the car in which Baba was being driven went out of control and a second serious automobile accident occurred.

On November 3, 1911, Swiss race car driver and automotive engineer Louis Chevrolet co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in Detroit with William C. Durant and investment partners William Little ( maker of the Little automobile ) and Dr. Edwin R. Campbell ( son-in-law of Durant ) and in 1912 R. S. McLaughlin GEO of General Motors in Canada.

On 22 January 1996, the Board of Directors of Daimler-Benz decided to focus on its core automobile business and cut ties with Fokker.

On April 6, 1972, the sheriff and two sheriff's deputies were killed in a shootout while attempting to serve a warrant on Bert Grissom ; Sheriff Douglas Batey and Deputies Glen Ray Archer and Troy Key were killed ; Sheriff Batey was replaced by William Thomas Pond as Sheriff, but Sheriff Pond was killed also on June 8, 1973, in an automobile accident.

On August 4, 2006, Glenn and his wife were injured in an automobile accident on I-270 near Columbus, Ohio, and were hospitalized for two days.

On the west end, the Stevinson family, who had originally built automobile dealerships there in the 1960s, built the new Denver West Village shopping center in 1997.

On May 13, 1971, Grace Slick was injured in a near-fatal automobile crash when her car slammed into a wall in a tunnel near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

On Aug. 28, 1907, Edward M. Murphy incorporated the Oakland Motor Co. Murphy is said to have chosen the Oakland name for his automobile venture because the company was located in Oakland County, Michigan.

On 2 February 1942 a Pontiac was the last civilian automobile manufactured in the United States during World War II, as all automobile factories converted to military production.

On December 14, 2006, Volkswagen of America, Inc., leased of land at a cost of $ 55 million for 25 years, ten miles ( 16 km ) west of Gila Bend, on which they plan to develop a new automobile proving ground.

On Wednesday, December 19, 2007, Ellsinore Mayor William ( Bill ) Fulford was killed in an automobile accident.

On Thursday evenings in the Summer months between Memorial Day and Labor Day Lynbrook residents have an antique and custom automobile show.

On May 24, 1952, Indian mystic Meher Baba was seriously injured in a head-on automobile collision near Prague.

On March 24, 1898 Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania became the first person to buy a Winton automobile after seeing the first automobile advertisement in Scientific American.

On Sunday, July 4, while fleeing the police in a high-speed chase on a southern Illinois highway, Smith shot himself twice in the head and crashed his automobile into a metal post.

On 29 September, 1931, his wife Mabel died as the result of an automobile accident.

On 5 May 2007, the park reopened to automobile traffic via State Route 706 at the Nisqually Entrance.

On August 31, 1869, Mary Ward became the first recorded victim of a steam-powered automobile accident ; Karl Benz had not yet invented the gasoline-powered automobile ( 1886 ).

On June 21, during a road trip to Orlando, Florida, teammates Scott Bradley, Mike Pagliarulo, Erik Peterson, and Buck Showalter were walking back to their hotel when Peterson was hit by an automobile.

On older cars the clutch might be operated by a mechanical linkage.

On most motorcycles the clutch is operated by the clutch lever located on the left handlebar.

On a semi-truck with constant mesh transmission ( non synchronized ), such as by the Eaton Roadranger series, not only is double clutching required, but a clutch brake is required as well.

* On early cars friction dampers ( like a dry version of a multi-plate clutch design ) were fitted at the mountings of the front and rear swinging arms to the cross-tubes.

On arrival in Málaga, Steve ends up giving the last decent car to Walter to get rid of him, and takes instead an Italian car with an awkward clutch, which he has trouble driving to Vicky's discomfort and annoyance.

On a voyage to Calcutta on board the brig Corvo, he noticed that regardless of which way the ship's wheel was spun, each spoke always came in direct line with a clutch that could be set to hold it.

On early models, the clutch was also replaced with the stronger D5 unit.

On crane-type draglines, the bucket can also be ' thrown ' by winding up to the jib and then releasing a clutch on the drag cable.

On synchromesh boxes, friction cones or " synchro-rings " are used in addition to the dog clutch to closely match the rotational speeds of the two sides of the ( declutched ) transmission before making a full mechanical engagement.

On motorcycles with " wet " clutches ( clutch is bathed in engine oil ), there is usually nothing separating the lower part of the engine from the transmission, so the same oil lubricates both the engine and transmission.

On March 17, 2008, Cassell had a standout performance in a Saint Patrick's Day matchup against the San Antonio Spurs, when he led the team from a 22-point deficit to a 2-point victory, scoring 17 points and hitting a clutch shot late in the game.

On October 31, in a game against the Chicago Bulls, Jefferson injured his right wrist slightly, thumping his chest following a clutch three-pointer.

On the start line, Tom Pryce was left without a clutch and retired shortly afterwards.

On lap 29 Patrese retired with a split radiator and the next lap Piquet retired with clutch and gearbox problems.

On the straight at 160 mph, his clutch disintegrated and pierced the oil tank.

On the other hand, the clutch was now located at the very rear of the drive train.

On April 27, 2008, West made perhaps the most clutch 3-pointer of his NBA career with 5. 4 seconds left in a playoff game against the Washington Wizards, in Washington.

On lap 15, with Hunt four seconds behind, Stuck, struggling to make gear changes without a clutch, popped out of gear entering a corner and went straight on.

On 30 April 2008, he scored the game winning goal ( and first NHL playoff goal of his career ) in the first overtime against the San Jose Sharks and take a clutch 3 – 0 series lead.

On transmissions so equipped, manual selection of 1st gear typically engages an additional band that grips the same section as the one way clutch would engage, and thus allows for engine braking.

On conveyor drives, a sprag clutch is used for indexing and anti-runback.

On some cars, starting off from rest involved using the gear change pedal like a clutch.