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André Citroën’s Half-Track Expeditions: From Sahara to the Himalayas
When Cars Became Instruments of Exploration What if a car could go where only camels, caravans, and explorers once dared? In the 1920s and 30s, French automaker André Citroën set out to prove that the automobile wasn’t just for city streets and countryside drives, it could conquer deserts, jungles, and even the high passes of the Himalayas. His bold vision gave birth to a trilogy of expeditions that pushed the limits of engineering and captured the world’s imagination. The Fi
The wild experiments that paved the way for the first car
When Carl Benz rolled out his Patent-Motorwagen in 1886, history took note: the automobile had arrived. But long before Benz made the...
Cugnot Fardier à Vapeur Replica – The First Self-Propelled Vehicle
Smoke, Steam, and the Birth of the Automobile The crowd stares. A strange machine rattles forward, belching steam, its wheels grinding...
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