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Dec 23, 20212 min read
1937: Electric taxis for the Universal Exhibition
The Universal Exhibition of Paris (France) of 1937 was a place where one found many innovations. Among them, on the roads of the...
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Dec 22, 20214 min read
The Challenger 1 & Challenger 2 speed record cars or the history of the Thompson family
There are objects in life that unite families by the common passion of these members. The story we tell you, united the Thompson fathers...
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Dec 11, 20211 min read
Gray card: where does its name come from?
Everyone in Algeria knows what the gray card knows, and yet its color is not gray. So where does his name come from and why is it called?...
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Dec 11, 20215 min read
Alfa Romeo 16C Bimotore: the Beast!
In the mid-1930s, Grand Prix racing was tirelessly dominated by German cars: Auto Union and Mercedes. This show of force by Nazi Germany...
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Dec 4, 20213 min read
Buick Riviera: first touchscreen
In an era when VCRs were hugely successful and cell phones were little more than a distant object of desire, the last thing you'd expect...
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Nov 26, 20213 min read
Propeller cars
The beginnings of propeller cars In the early 1900s, engineers began to explore the fields of design with propeller-driven vehicles and a...
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Nov 22, 20212 min read
Mercedes Silver Arrows: The "00 painting" that gave birth to the myth
It all started in 1934, after a GP test. from the pre-F1 World Championship era - officially created in 1950 - on the legendary German...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read
Volvo has been reconditioning its parts since 1945
In 1945 Volvo began renovating gearboxes in the small Swedish town of Köping. Today, Volvo Cars' exchange system offers one of the most...
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Oct 18, 20217 min read
The Saga of Rallye Algiers - Cape Town (1951 - 1961)
One of the longest rally in history, around 15,000km on African lands from North to South, a month and a half journey, so is the Rally...
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Oct 14, 20212 min read
When Kabylia was a pioneer in olive oil for motor vehicles
In 1930, the Great Depression took its toll on the world economy. Algeria was under the French colonial system and served as an attic....
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