Carl Benz: pushed out of his own company for being too slow
In 1903 Benz & Cie. replaced Carl Benz with a 25-year-old Frenchman. The sales collapse, the Paris-Madrid, and the boxer engine nobody credits him for.
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FIAT S76
Fiat S76: the Beast of Turin, the car that terrified its own drivers You’ve probably seen the video. A monstrous, ancient car sits on the grass at Goodwood, someone hand-cranks it, and it erupts — sheets of flame shooting sideways from open exhaust ports, a noise like artillery fire mixed with a warplane engine, spectators … Read more