The twentieth century was a major battleground for gender equality, and women’s driving was one of the brightest manifestos of independence from gender prejudice. But how do you approach a smoky self-propelled carriage that […]
The history of this car is replete with vivid details and would be a good basis for a strong script: striving for the dream, meeting with historical figures, the Stasi, and an odious prison. […]
Somewhere, but in the United States, the 1960s are remembered with special nostalgia: electricity and gasoline were cheap, cars were big, and there was less and less to worry about. During those years, America […]
In the post-war years, General Motors Corporation regularly held a traveling Motorama exhibition, the purpose of which was to showcase GM’s latest developments. Motorama began with a big January presentation at the Waldorf Astoria […]
At the end of the 1990s, rally-raids were at the peak of their popularity and Paris-Dakar was called so not for the sake of red lip service, but for the sake of business (although […]
In the second half of the 1990s, automakers were preparing hard for the Millennium – the long-awaited “future” was on the doorstep and they wanted to enter it with their heads held high. Hyundai company […]
The idea of an amphibious vehicle is by no means new – for the first time such developments were tried before World War II. But “civilian” such vehicles more or less caught on only by […]
Acetylene headlights The first lamps on cars were usual “kerosene lamps”, and it is not quite right to call them headlights – rather they were parking lights, because they shone very dimly. The revolution happened […]
Richard Hammond, Top Gear Track 2006 The violent crash of the former Top Gear presenter (and current Grand Tour presenter) was the topic of discussion in the world media in 2006. At 460 km/h, […]
Porsche’s engineering department makes concept cars just for wow effect not very often – usually they are fully production-ready cars that for some reason just don’t reach the assembly line. Such was the fate […]
