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SONACOME M210 winner of the Paris/Dakar Rally 1980 group 3 - Trucks
The Paris/Dakar in its African version was the biggest Rally in the world. Created in December 1978 with annual editions, it was the...

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Jan 21, 20228 min read


The Mina 4: the prototype of the Algerian electric car | 1967
Less than a month after the decree creating SONACOME (Société NAtionale de COnstruction MÉcanique), another announcement created the...

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Jan 21, 20222 min read


One of the oldest cars in the world, 1887 De Dion, Bouton and Trepardoux steam quadricycle.
One of the oldest cars in the world, 1887 De Dion, Bouton and Trepardoux steam quadricycle. The De Dion Bouton company, which was founded...

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Jan 11, 20222 min read


The COCKPIT 2022 Calendar is here!
For 2022, COCKPIT is honoring Cockpits on its Calendar 🗓, our way of thanking the entire Cockpit community. There you will find the key...

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Dec 31, 20211 min read


1937: Electric taxis for the Universal Exhibition
The Universal Exhibition of Paris (France) of 1937 was a place where one found many innovations. Among them, on the roads of the...

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Dec 23, 20212 min read


The Challenger 1 & Challenger 2 speed record cars or the history of the Thompson family
There are objects in life that unite families by the common passion of these members. The story we tell you, united the Thompson fathers...

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Dec 22, 20214 min read


Gray card: where does its name come from?
Everyone in Algeria knows what the gray card knows, and yet its color is not gray. So where does his name come from and why is it called?...

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Dec 11, 20211 min read


Alfa Romeo 16C Bimotore: the Beast!
In the mid-1930s, Grand Prix racing was tirelessly dominated by German cars: Auto Union and Mercedes. This show of force by Nazi Germany...

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Dec 11, 20215 min read


Buick Riviera: first touchscreen
In an era when VCRs were hugely successful and cell phones were little more than a distant object of desire, the last thing you'd expect...

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Dec 4, 20213 min read


Propeller cars
The beginnings of propeller cars In the early 1900s, engineers began to explore the fields of design with propeller-driven vehicles and a...

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Nov 26, 20213 min read
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