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3 unusual facts about Peking to Paris


Mototri Contal

Perhaps the high point of the firm's existence was the entry of one of its tricars in the Peking-Paris Race 1907.

Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona

He is best known for participating in (and winning) the Peking to Paris race in 1907, accompanied by the journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr. and Ettore Guizardi, the prince's chauffeur, who apparently did most of the driving.

Spyker D8

The name Peking-to-Paris refers to the Peking to Paris endurance rally held in 1907 from Peking (now called Beijing) in China to Paris in France, in which an almost standard Spyker car participated, driven by Frenchman Ch.



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