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The Renault 2: the shadow of a French Mini
Renault is familiar with the R4, but the R3 is a little less familiar, and the R2 is even less familiar. In fact, it was never marketed,...

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Mar 20, 20253 min read


Very few of them returned to France after the war.
During the war, the French used Willys and Hotschkiss M201 Jeeps in the Saharan version, 400 of which were built. They were parachuted...

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Mar 20, 20251 min read


Brazilian VW Beetles (Fusca) in Álcool
In 1984, the São Paulo telephone company Telesp was using a Volkswagen Beetle with a 1.6-liter alcohol engine. This is not an unusual...

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Mar 20, 20259 min read


Phantom Corsair ''The Flying Wombat'': The Future of the Era
In 1938, Rust Heinz wanted to create his own car. Rust Heinz was the second son of the wealthy H.J. Heinz of the Heinz ketchup empire. A...

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Mar 20, 20253 min read


FIAT S76 Record: The biggest 4-cylinder of all time
The Fiat S76 Record, nicknamed "La Belva di Torino" (the Beast of Turin), is an automobile created by the Italian manufacturer FIAT in...

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Mar 20, 20252 min read


Porsche Typ 597 Jagdwagen: The brand's first off-roader
In 1953, in the midst of the Cold War, and faced with the Soviet threat, the Allies authorized the gradual remilitarization of West...

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Mar 20, 20252 min read


The Horch 930 S: an exclusive car with a sink
These days, cars are equipped with more or less trivial options. The Honda Odyssey features a vacuum cleaner, swivel seats, and even...

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Mar 20, 20251 min read


Naftal: start of marketing of Castrol brand oils
The state-owned company Naftal announced this Sunday the launch of Castrol brand lubricants on the Algerian market, through its service...

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Mar 16, 20251 min read


History of Algerian license plates
The invention of vehicles with combustion engines dates back to 1886 when the German Carl Benz created the Benz Patent Motorwagen, the first three-wheeled prototype with a combustion engine, while Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach presented their four-wheeled automobile with a four-stroke gasoline engine at the 1889 Paris World's Fair. Since then, the expansion of these machines has taken on a significant scale even if production is still artisanal, and these vehicles now

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Mar 9, 20258 min read


Renault 177
In the world it is known as the Renault 17, but in Italy it is the Renault 177, why? The reason is a question of superstition, if in...

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Feb 26, 20252 min read
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