Portal:Cars/Anniversaries/April 15


 * 1949 &mdash; Abarth & C. is founded
 * 1955 &mdash; Ford Motor Company management approve the creation of a new line of mid-priced cars, thus creating the Edsel
 * 1992 &mdash; Ford Motor Company purchases 50% of Mazda's Mazda Motor Manufacturing (USA) plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, home to the Ford Probe and Mazda 626 and later site for production of the Mazda6 and Ford Mustang.
 * 2006 &mdash; Famed female stock car driver, Louise Smith dies