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Jeddah Corniche Circuit
The Jeddah Corniche Circuit is a motor racing circuit at the Red Sea coast of Jeddah. It was completed in 2021 and is since then hosting the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Designed by the Tilke family it is named the fastest track of the Formula One calendar due to its…
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The Barrel Roll in Morocco
While an Aston Martin DBS actually needs a ramp for being able to roll over, the small Chevrolet Matiz can do it on its own. I drove the car over half of the way from Fes to Casablanca through semi arid yet fascinating landscapes. I noticed the car was not…
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The Last Frankfurt Motor Show
For many years the International Automobile Exhibition IAA has taken place all two years in Frankfurt. The Fair Tower, Messeturm in German, is not only a symbol for the fair area of Frankfurt but for the city itself. The Volkswagen Group hall at the IAA 2019 which was the last…
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Jet Airliner
Germanwings Flight 9525 in the year 2015 was not the first time that a pilot, in this case the first officer, deliberately crashed a plane. It happened before, for example in December 1997. SilkAir Flight 185 suddenly nose-dived into a river in Sumatra, Indonesia. The cause of the crash as…
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Automotive Milestones
News from Mercedes-Benz Group at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show 2005. The Mercedes-Benz R-Class was an attempt to offer a luxury tourer with six single seats. While the first Aston Martin DB (which stands for Sir David Brown who owned the company at that time) was introduced in 1948 with…
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Natural Gas Technology
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class W211 was available as NGT, which stood for Natural Gas Technology. The use of natural gas in a combustion engine means reduced CO2 emissions compared to petrol which makes the car more environmental-friendly. Ruhrgas AG supported employees in getting such a Mercedes-Benz E 200 NGT. These photos…
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Wolfsburg Motor Works
The Autostadt or Automobile City is a large museum complex next to the main Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, where the largest car company in the world has its headquarters. It was opened in 2000 and features pavilions for each brand of Volkswagen Group as well as the Zeithaus or…
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International Automobile Exhibition
News from Daimler respectively DaimlerChrysler at the Frankfurt Motor Show or IAA 2003. Presentation of the Mercedes-Benz Concept CLS, the world’s first four door coupé. With the Maybach 62 they entered the ultra luxury class to compete with Bentley and Rolls Royce. Presentation of the Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4, the…
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Legendary Mercedes-Benz
The Mercedes-Benz 190 E or 190 D was the first smaller Mercedes and predecessor of the C-Class. Designed by Bruno Sacco, head of styling at Mercedes-Benz from 1975 to 1999, the W201 debuted at the 1982 Paris Motor Show. Manufactured in both Bremen and Sindelfingen, Germany, production reached 1,879,629 over…
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It Is Running and Running
The VW Beetle, or Volkswagen Type 1 as it was officially called, was the most popular car in Germany until its successor Golf was released, and it is one of the most popular cars of all times. Its production period of 65 years is the longest for any single generation…
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