Peking to Paris - Interview with Philip Young

Interview courtesy of http://www.theautochannel.com/cybercast/theautolab/. Peking to Paris - The Ultimate Driving Adventure by Philip Young. Published by http://www.veloce.co.uk.
The official record of the centennial re-enactment of a great motoring milestone .Man and machine against the elements, driving where no car has gone before That was the impossible challenge of 1907 when a handful of buccaneering madcap motorists took up the idea of a Paris newspaper to prove that the car could now go anywhere by driving the huge distance between two capital cities from Peking to Paris. To mark the 100th anniversary of the original Great Race, over 100 cars set out to drive the original route used by Prince Borghese in 1907: they range from authentic veteran Italas, to vintage Bentleys, to classic Aston Martins and pretty much everything in-between. Drivers of 26 different nationalities came together to pit their wits and their cars by driving 40 days from the Great Wall of China, across the Gobi Desert.
http://www.veloce.co.uk. http://www.pekingparis.com

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[JennyMercury123]

wow!

[joopio]

1907 - 2007 version was the most impressive re-run and cars of the 20's and 30's and even more modern cars shouldn't be seen on the route from East to West. Only ITALA and SPIJKER are the true heroes in any Peking - Paris!