France was the flagship of the automotive industry at the turn of the 20th century.
However, the German company that had invented the car itself, Daimler, was about to make a big splash with an innovative new model, named Mercedes, during a week of competition in the cosmopolitan city and before – nice guard.
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The new 35hp Mercedes was designed by Daimler’s biggest customer, a dealership in France called Emil Jellinek, and was designed by Wilhelm Maybach. Mercedes-Benz today boasts that it was “the first modern car”, and it’s right, because it gave the horseless car a longer wheelbase, wider track, lower center of gravity , a more powerful engine and more closely coordinated systems.
“The whole manufacture, design and performance of this car struck terror into the heart of a capable critic like Paul Meyan, who warns French manufacturers that the pride of car-making is about to die. to be wrested from them by the Germans”, we reported.
Wilhelm Werner easily won the Nice-La Turbie hill climb, passed the promenade speed trials and averaged 36.6 mph in the 279-mile race over the Esterel mountains to win the all-time first victory for Mercedes.
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This notice was published: 2022-04-08 04:01:24
