Volkswagen, maker of the Beetle automobile, expanded its
product offerings to include a microbus, which goes into
production on March 8, 1950.

Known officially as the Volkswagen Type 2 (the Beetle was
the Type 1) or the Transporter, the bus was a favorite mode
of transportation for hippies in the U.S. during the 1960s
and became an icon of the American counterculture
movement.

The last Thunderbird, Ford Motor Company’s iconic sports car,
emerged from a Ford factory in Wixom, Michigan on July 1, 2005.

Ford began its development of the Thunderbird in the years
following World War II.

The last Packard—the classic American luxury car with the
famously enigmatic slogan “Ask the Man Who Owns One”—
rolled off the production line at Packard’s plant in Detroit,
Michigan on June 25, 1956.

The Packard brothers, William Doud (left) and James Ward
(right) as seen in company portraits.

On March 2, 1966, in Dearborn, Michigan, the Ford Motor
Company celebrated the production of its 1 millionth
Mustang, a white convertible.

The sporty, affordable vehicle was officially launched two
years earlier, on April 17, 1964, at the World’s Fair in
Flushing Meadows, New York.

That same day, the new car debuted in Ford showrooms
across America; almost immediately, buyers snapped up
nearly 22,000 of them. More than 400,000 Mustangs were
sold within that first year, exceeding sales expectations.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — The newly formed Department of
Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk (above) suggests
cutting penny production to save money.

Musk said…” the penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost
US taxpayers over $179 million in 2023.”

The U.S. Mint reported a loss of $179 million in 2023 from
penny production, having produced over 4.5 billion pennies
that year. This financial loss has sparked debates about
whether the penny should remain in circulation.

The first U.S. cent was produced in 1787 and has been the
lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the
abolition of the half-cent in 1857.