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Dec 15, 20231 min read
The “Desert Ship”: the vision of a hallucinatory vehicle to conquer the Sahara, 1932
Out of the imagination of a mad inventor, a vehicle, called the "Desert Ship" (Wüstenschiff), 40 m long and 13.5 m long, 12 m wheels....
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Dec 13, 20233 min read
Car advertising: our selection of the best
Automotive advertising is essential for brand image, companies spend fortunes on communications to attract your favors, but it is not...
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Oct 23, 20232 min read
The Beatles made this Beetle a star in spite of itself
Appearing on the Beatles record cover is like being part of the Group. That's what happened to this badass Beetle. At the height of their...
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Oct 18, 20232 min read
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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