Rotel Tours: Travel around the world by hotel bus
The German company Rotel Tours, founded in 1945 by Georg Höltl, was a pioneer in post-war tourist travel. From 1950, she began her first...
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Oct 18, 20232 min read
Tilt tests of double-decker buses. April 1933. London
For those who have visited London and wondered how they know their double decker buses won't fall, this apparently is how they will find...
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Oct 18, 20234 min read
Traffic lights: are the Japanese color blind?
Throughout the world we know the colors of traffic lights with the three colors: Green, Orange and Red... except in Japan where they are...
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Oct 3, 20231 min read
The Kilometer Point: what is it?
A kilometer point or PK is a landmark of a route from the zero point of a road, railway or waterway. The starting point is called PK0....
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Sep 21, 20231 min read
RENAULT 4L Coach Bertin 1969
"4 cylinders - 743 cm3 - 32 HP - 110 km/h. This prototype was presented at the 1969 Salon by the inventor Jean Bertin, famous for his...
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Aug 29, 20235 min read
Autobhan: here's why there is no speed limit
The first expressway in the world was built in Germany in 1921, with a length of 8.3 km, it connects Grunwald and Berlin and was put into...
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Jun 23, 20233 min read
When Ayrton Senna says the wall has moved, it's...
In F1 more than elsewhere it is often a question of millimeters, and each millimeter is a thousandth of a second of winning. So when...
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Jun 11, 20234 min read
Mercedes-Benz C112: a Honda NSX-like concept
After the 1955 Le Mans disaster, when Pierre Levegh's 300 SLR crashed into the crowd, killing 83 spectators, Mercedes-Benz retired from...
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Mar 26, 20231 min read
Tissier Citroën CX ''Helicopter Transporter 6'' with mobile launch and landing pad
It looked like a vehicle straight out of a science fiction series, this Tissier Citroën CX ''Helicopter Transporter 6'' vehicle was made...
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Mar 18, 20233 min read
The history of Renault production in Quebec
The story begins in the late 1960s, when General de Gaulle, fierce defender of an independent France, but also a world power, he will...
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