COCKPIT HiSTORY

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL with ''Winglet''

Before the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL hardtop roadster was officially unveiled, the Mercedes-Benz designers in Sindelfingen came up with the...

Rally Algiers - Hassi-Messaoud - 1959, 1960

At the 1959 Algiers-Hassi-Messaoud Rally, the SIMCAs came first. Wybo, Desplat and Buchmann, on Arondes Montlhery and Vedette Beaulieu,...

A Citroën 2cv transporting the heart of the nuclear bomb in the Algerian Sahara

During the "generals' putsch" in French Algeria in April 1961, there was a nuclear bomb in Algiers, intended for a nuclear test. The...

VW Beetle: the 20,000,001st produced in ...

It is known that on May 15, 1981, Volkswagen produced the 20,000,000th Vocho (Beetle) at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico. What is...

Porsche 953-911 Dakar 1984: validation goes through testing in Algeria, and it's a winner

After Audi became world rally champion in 1982 with its four-wheel-drive Quattro, the writing was on the wall for traditional...

Simca: Car stunt show in Hassi Messaoud (Algeria) - 1960

Car stunt show sponsored by Simca Algeria in 1960 on the Maison Vert aerodrome in Hassi Messaoud, performed by stuntmen Jean Sunny and...

First speed camera in automotive history in 1900

Following numerous accidents, police ordinances have regulated the speed of motor vehicles, but their prescriptions are difficult to...

Citroën: advertising in gasoline

Citroën is an automobile brand created in 1919 by André Citroën, it is then a small French automobile brand not very well known unlike...

The Automobile Grand Prix of Algeria: (1928 - 1937)

During the French colonial period which lasted from 1830 to 1962, Algeria organized 8 Grand Prix Automobile (6 in Algiers and 2 in Oran)...

Enzo Ferrari: his first race

Enzo Ferrari in his very first race as a professional driver for C.M.N. (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali), Parma-Poggio di Berceto Hill...