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Mr. Boissy racing a Lion-Peugeot Voiturette at Brooklands in 1910. How about that then!

12-Jan-23 historicracing.com
Robert Peugeot decided that he wanted to do his own thing, rather than join the family firm, and created Lion-Peugeot, which despite the name was a completely separate entity from the older concern. Specialising in small engined machines, Robert saw Voiturette racing (Edwardian Formula 2) as an obvious outlet for his company’s creativity and success came swiftly....continue reading

Felice Nazzaro at the wheel of the Fiat S76

07-Jan-23 historicracing.com
Nicknamed “The Beast of Turin”, this was definitely a vehicle of LARGE proportions. The radiator cap was five foot from the ground! But it’s largest and most beastly feature was it’s 28.3 Litre, 4-cylinder engine. It is thought that the individual cylinder capacity of just over 7-Litres was the largest ever built to use spark-ignition. Best of all though, it seems to have been a completely pointless exercise, resulting in a completely useless progeny.

Why they ever bothered is far from clear!...continue reading

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