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La Jamais Contente

I've long been interested in historic cars and this one deserves far more recognition. It is "La Jamais Contente", which in 1899 became the world's fastest road vehicle and the first to exceed 100 km/hr. It also ran on an electric motor. I saw it in the museum at Le Bourget Airport in Paris (it is now in the National Car and Tourism Museum in Compiègne). I thought ot this when I visited an electric vehicle show in Sydney (the PiP shows just a tiny corner of the large building-wide display). .

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10 comments

Stephan Fey said:

You shouldn´t be too big to fit in it. :-)
3 weeks ago

Nouchetdu38 said:

A very interesting photo of this vehicle, way ahead of its time!!!
great shot!!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!!!!
Best wishes***
3 weeks ago

Günter Klaus said:

Da zeigst du sehr schöne Aufnahmen lieber George,das alte Auto hat was,schön,dass du es hier zeigst :))

Wünsche noch ein schönes Wochenende,liebe Grüße Güni :))
3 weeks ago ( translate )

J.Garcia said:

The shape is ultra dynamic...it looks like a missile
Great shot and information, George!
3 weeks ago

Franck Chabal said:

:o)) J'adore son nom! Merci pour le partage et les infos George.
3 weeks ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Awesome shots!

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3 weeks ago

Pam J said:

A MAGNIFICENT DREAM !
3 weeks ago ( translate )

RHH said:

Not sure I'd want to go that fast in that vehicle. Interesting info, George, and a great photo.
3 weeks ago

Gillian Everett said:

100km/hr would be pretty scary in this, great history though.
3 weeks ago

Edna Edenkoben said:

Cool. It must be fast as it looks almost like a rocket :-)
3 weeks ago