The History of the Legendary Mini Cooper Sports Models by John Cooper

The History of the Legendary Mini Cooper Sports Models by John Cooper

We already covered the history of the brilliant and legendary small British car last time, so instead of remembering Sir Alec Issigonis, who traces the floor plan of four people sitting on the ground with chalk in order to design the smallest possible car, I’ll just try to look at the history of sports models … Read more

A goal every 129 minutes – Patrick Winter, goalgetter for years

A goal every 129 minutes – Patrick Winter, goalgetter for years

Details Wednesday, December 6, 2023 8:02 p.m Has been playing since summer 2017 Patrick Winter in the storm of UPS wound shoe in the Central regional league. The attacker scored 142 goals during this period for his team, of which he is now captain. Now 37 years old, he is a veteran and a role … Read more

Cadillac Coupe de Ville is honest America with a giant engine and kilograms of chrome. Moreover, a coupe from 1967 is not worth that much – Garáž.cz

Cadillac Coupe de Ville is honest America with a giant engine and kilograms of chrome.  Moreover, a coupe from 1967 is not worth that much – Garáž.cz

GM’s luxury arm, Cadillac, launched the large luxury de Ville model in 1958 as a successor to the Series 62. After all, it was the Series 62 where the de Ville designation appeared as a trim level designation. The name comes from the French name for the city and was used to refer to short … Read more

Škoda 1203 is celebrating its 55th birthday, its development took 12 long years. It was for the chosen ones, it could only come into private hands as a used one – Garáž.cz

Škoda 1203 is celebrating its 55th birthday, its development took 12 long years.  It was for the chosen ones, it could only come into private hands as a used one – Garáž.cz

The start of production was preceded by an unusually long development, due to the centrally controlled economy, lasting twelve years. The ŠKODA engineers started work on the new light “utility vehicle” already in the spring of 1956. They worked with a progressive concept for the time with a self-supporting single-compartment body, which does without a … Read more

The Modern Trabant: A Surprising Car with a Four-Stroke Engine

The Modern Trabant: A Surprising Car with a Four-Stroke Engine

A lot of people will be surprised by this car. Not so much at first glance, although metallic Trabants are not very common. More on the first listen, because they don’t hear the typical sound. So what is the most modern Trabant with a four-stroke engine? Trabant is a duroplastic legend with a two-stroke “farting” … Read more

The Legacy of the Škoda Superb: From the Pioneering 1930s Model to the Modern Successor

The Legacy of the Škoda Superb: From the Pioneering 1930s Model to the Modern Successor

The new Škoda Superb will be officially presented tomorrow, and the Mladá Boleslav carmaker reminds us of its very first predecessor. This was significantly more expensive in the economy of the time than all subsequent modern superbs of their time. The ceremonial debut of the new Škoda Superb is approaching. In recent weeks, the Mladoboleslav … Read more

Ma Long Secures Victory in WTT Championship Match Against Zhuang Zhiyuan, Wang Yidi Reverses Polkanova

original title: WTT Championship: Ma Long beats Zhuang Zhiyuan and Wang Yidi reverses Polkanova Xinhua News Agency, Frankfurt, October 31 (Reporter Liu Yang) October 31 was the last match day of the first round of the 2023 World Table Tennis League (WTT) Frankfurt Championship. Olympic champion Ma Long defeated Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan 3:1; … Read more

Win a Jawa 250/559 Panelka at the Retro Garage Raffle

Win a Jawa 250/559 Panelka at the Retro Garage Raffle

The traditional auto-moto exchange Retro Garage, which has been associated with live vintage auctions for a few years, is usually supplemented with a raffle, the main prize of which used to be a cheaper Jawa 50 Pionýr or Babetta moped. Photo: Retro Garage The main prizes in the Retro Garage raffle are more attractive every … Read more

The Human Planet: BBC Documentary Veteran Explores Self-Service Shopping in Romania

The Human Planet: BBC Documentary Veteran Explores Self-Service Shopping in Romania

The BBC documentary veteran returns with a new series “Human Planet” on Netflix this time. Sequences from the first episode have already appeared on social networks, and so we can hear the soft and friendly voice of the legendary Attenborough telling us what two people are doing trying to pass their products through the self-service … Read more

The Rare and Untouched Mercedes-Benz W154: A Historic Treasure in Prague’s National Technical Museum

The Rare and Untouched Mercedes-Benz W154: A Historic Treasure in Prague’s National Technical Museum

The Mercedes-Benz W154 of the famous driver Rudolf Caracciola is the only example in the world that has never been renovated. It still has tires from the last race before the Second World War and can be seen in the National Technical Museum in Prague. The interwar years were one of the craziest eras in … Read more