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The 1939 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held on 25 June 1939 at Spa-Francorchamps.. Richard Seaman crashed into a tree between Clubhouse and La Source hairpin, causing the fuel line to break.
Autoworld is a museum of vintage cars located in the South Hall of the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium.The museum displays a large and varied collection of over 250 European and American automobiles from the late 19th century to the 1990s and is notable for its collections of early and Belgian-produced vehicles, including Minervas and several limousines belonging to the ...
The Mercedes-Benz W114 and W115 are the internal designations Mercedes-Benz used for a generation of front-engine, rear-drive, five-passenger sedans and coupés introduced in 1968, with three-box styling by Paul Bracq — succeeding the W110 models introduced in 1961; and manufactured until model year 1976, when the W123 was released.
1994 Gillet Vertigo Mk 1 2013 Vertigo .5 Spirit with the 4.2-litre Ferrari/Maserati V8. Tony Gillet was a successful racing driver, winning the Belgian hill-climb championship in 1979 and 1980 [2] and competing in two Dakar Rallies. In 1982 he became the Belgian importer for Donkervoort, a Dutch Lotus Super Seven-styled car. In January 1990 he ...
Established in 1898, the Empire State Motor Wagon Company in Catskill, New York was one of the first American used car lots. [3]The used vehicle market is substantially larger than other large retail sectors, such as the school and office products market (US$206 billion in estimated annual sales) and the home improvement market (US$291 billion in estimated annual sales).
Edran is a Belgian automobile manufacturer. The company was founded in 1984 by André Hanjoul. The company was founded in 1984 by André Hanjoul. The first car to be displayed in public was the Edran Spyder MK I at the 1994 Brussels Motor Show .
Swaters made his debut in the 24 Hours of Spa in an MG co-driven by his friend and racer-turned-journalist Paul Frère, entered under the Ecurie Francorchamps banner. In 1950 Swaters, Frère and André Pilette established Ecurie Belgique, a banner in which they prepared cars for themselves and other Belgian races, both in Grand Prix and sports car racing.
The 1953 October Mondial de l’Automobile also saw a luxury version of the Vedette, the Ford Vendôme, fitted with the bigger 3923 cc Mistral V8 engine, previously used in Ford France trucks. Also updated in 1953 was the five-door, five-seat Abeille (French for " bee ") estate with a two-piece tailgate , advertised as both practical (with a ...