Although Plymouth enthusiasts insist that the Baracuda beat the Mustang to market by two weeks, it was the Ford Mustang, first introduced at the New York World's Fair on April 17, 1964, that captured the imagination of the American public and guaranteed the success of the pony car. In fact, the Mustang was perhaps the most successful product launch in automotive history. Racking up over 22,000 sales in its first day and one million sales in its first two years, the Mustang inspired a wave of imitators including the Pontiac Firebird, Mercury Cougar and Chevrolet Camaro, but none could match the success enjoyed by the Mustang. Originally named for the P-51 Mustang, a fighter plane, Ford's new car quickly became associated with the horse of the same name and this became the basis for the now-famous Mustang emblem. Early versions of the Ford Mustang are highly collectible today.

In November of 1982, the first American-produced Honda Accord rolled off the assembly line at the Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio. The Accord would prove quite popular. In its first year of production, it became the best-selling Japanese car in the United States -- a title which it would hold for the next 15 years. It would receive its share of industry accolades as well. As of 2005, the Honda Accord had made Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list 19 times, making it the winningest vehicle in the 22-year history of the award.

Originally introduced in 1958, the Impala was the best-selling automobile in the United States during the 1960s. Early Impala models sported six taillights, a unique feature which, for a time, became the Impala trademark. The Impala was named after an African antelope.

Driving the ThrustSSC at Nevada's Black Rock Desert in 1997, Andy Green became the first person on land to go faster than the speed of sound. The resultant sonic boom shook a school and caused sprinkler covers to fall off in the nearby town of Gerlach.

The first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the production line on June 30, 1953, at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan. Only 300 Corvettes were built that year (each of them by hand), making this the rarest Corvette. Each fiberglass-bodied two-seater was white with a red interior and a black canvas top. The 1953 Corvette featured a Powerglide automatic transmission and a "Blue Flame" six cylinder 235ci 150 hp engine with three carburetors and dual exhaust.

Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in December of 1908, and as a result he was not only able to mass-produce the Model-T, but was able to offer it to his customers at a much lower price than the competition. By 1913, Ford was producing half of all cars sold in the United States, and by 1927, he had sold more than 15 million Model-Ts!

In February 2018, Elon Musk launched a Tesla Roadster into orbit. Yes, an actual car launched at a speed of 18,000 mph was sent cruising around Earth!

Modern cruise control was invented in 1948 by mechanical engineer Ralph Teetor who became blind at age five in an accident. His idea was borne out of the frustration of riding in a car driven by his lawyer, who kept speeding up and slowing down as he talked.

The first Mustang rolled off the assembly line March 9, 1964 with a list price of $2,368.

The horse on the logo, which was taken from Stuttgart's Coat of Arms, represents the stud farm on which the city was built.