It is on taking a peek sneak into the rich global history of sporting cars that you shall find the reason why driving a ‘Mini Cooper’ is still a joyride.
Founded by Andre Citroen in a post-World War I era in 1919, in the last 100 years Citroen has changed many hands, many brands, many designs, and continues to soldier on. This French brand has many inventions, innovations, and World Records to its credit. Citroen has recently entered the Indian market and MWTV looks at the brand’s history.
In what is one of the most unique cars ever built, we have the legendary Lamborghini Countach re-imagined, re-created, and brought back to life a full 50 years after the first concept was unveiled.
On 18 August 1896 Gottlieb Daimler presented the very first motorised truck in the world. It was sold by Daimler to British Motor Syndicate, an automobile company in London. Exactly 125 years later a Mercedes-Benz Actros made the journey from Stuttgart to London carrying two historic trucks on-board, including a replica of the World’s First Cargo Truck.
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a compact sport sedan and has been running with the German brand since 1993, and is a predecessor of the Mercedes 190 (W201) sedan range. Up until 2013, it used to be the smallest sedan Mercedes, until the brand launched the entry-level CLA. The C-Class currently rivals against models such as the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, Volvo S60, and Lexus IS and ES.
During a Sunday afternoon trip with his family in 1952 to the Pennsylvania countryside, an accident inspired John W. Hetrick to design, what will become, one of the most important inventions in automobile safety. - the automobile airbag.
