The Peking to Paris motor race was an automobile race, originally held in 1907, between Peking (now Beijing), then Qing China (now the People's Republic...
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winner was the American team, driving a 1907 Thomas Flyer. In 1907 the Peking to Paris automobile race had inspired an even bolder test of these new machines...
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The Spyker D8 Peking-to-Paris is a concept mid-size luxury crossover SUV produced by the Dutch car manufacturer Spyker Cars. The car was designed by Michiel...
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Sera, in 1907 he accompanied Prince Scipione Borghese in the famous Peking to Paris motor race, winning it after a journey of two months in an Itala car...
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Dakar Rally (redirect from Paris to Dakar Rally)
in 2009 in response to the Dakar's move to South America Budapest-Bamako – Desert Rally Mint 400 Rallye des Pharaons Peking to Paris The ASO legally held...
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in the Peking to Paris race in 1907 (before the name change). The 1990 rally ran in the opposite direction as the 1907 course, heading west-to-east. In...
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Peking-to-Paris 'SSUV' Development On Track". Motorauthority.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-03-11. "Spyker D12 Peking to...
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Republic of China ordered the Imperial University of Peking to be renamed Peking University. Peking University merged with Yenching University after the...
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these sponsorships. The sponsorships have included Healey Challenges, Peking to Paris, and the Carrera Panamericana. In 2015, the Frederique Constant and...
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Sulmona who won the Peking to Paris motor race by three weeks. These sporting successes helped sales dramatically; the company continued to grow. The company...
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(2015) Border Crossing: On the Road from Peking to Paris (1998) Barton, Laura (7 May 2007). "'I'm just trying to write about women's lives'". The Guardian...
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industrialist and sportsman, remembered for participating in the 1907 Peking to Paris Race with the journalist Luigi Barzini. His nephew Junio Valerio Borghese...
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and racing driver belonging to the House of Borghese. He is best known for participating in (and winning) the Peking to Paris race in 1907, accompanied...
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Retrieved 2018-02-07. "This Day in Twilight Zone History: Happy birthday to actor Earl Holliman". Syfy Wire. Syfy. September 11, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-07...
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Sulmona who won the Peking to Paris motor race by three weeks. These sporting successes helped sales dramatically; the company continued to grow. The company...
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rise and rise of Yu Nan". China Daily. 7 March 2007. "Yu Nan: from Peking to Paris". China.org.cn. 3 March 2006. ""Golden Rooster" Best Actor and Actress...
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2013 Peking to Paris Endurance Rally in their Leyland P76 with a time of 237:30:10 Gerry Crown and Matt Bryson also finished Second on the 2015 Road to Mandalay...
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in Bordeaux and ban open-road racing.[citation needed] In 1907, the Peking to Paris race covered 9,317 miles over some of the roughest terrain on Earth...
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Dismissal in 1975. The car was then entered into the almost 15,000 km long Peking to Paris rally, where it became known as "Lizzie's Taxi" and secured fourth...
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Peking to Paris with a crowd of adventurers in antique cars to celebrate the original Great Race by making a twenty-part documentary series Peking to...
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were green (British racing green), etc. In the Peking to Paris race of 1907, the first to arrive in Paris was Prince Scipione Borghese, an Italian aristocrat...
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net. "Phil Burgan Peking to Paris Challenge Blog". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. "Leeds businessman racing to reach Paris and £100,000 charity...
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the pre war cars. In 1907, an 18 hp model competed in the 15,000 km Peking to Paris monster race, finishing second in the most grueling race of its time...
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1907's 8,000-Mile Race From Beijing To Paris". Jalopnik. Retrieved 2024-10-30. "1907 Peking to Paris race: The race to the future book review". Motor Sport...
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for his TV and film work, MDA (presented in 2003), The Extra (2005), Peking to Paris (2006), The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2009), My Place (2010)...
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hand lever to a pedal. A pair of works 10 CV (7.5 kW) De Dion-Boutons, in the hands of Cormier and Collignon, ran in the 1907 Peking to Paris rally, without...
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car. A Conti 6 hp Tri-car competed in (but did not complete) a 1907 Peking to Paris race sponsored by a French newspaper, Le Matin. 1885 Benz Patent Motorwagen...
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cost £1396 including taxes of £411. Rover 80 Rover 80 at the 2007 Peking to Paris race The Rover 90 and Rover 105 were replaced by the more powerful...
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rallies and long distance car races. He joined and completed the 1997 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge in his 1932 Ford Model B. He covered 16,000 km in 43...
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Bekhterev begins publication of Objective Psychology. August 10 – Peking to Paris motor race concludes after 2 months, won by Prince Scipione Borghese...
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