1982 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
The Birth of a Giant, 1862–93
verfasst von : T. R. Nicholson
Erschienen in: The Birth of the British Motor Car 1769–1897
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive
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As the 1880s ended and the 1890s began — a time when few could see a future for motor cars in Britain — they were already running in unprecedented numbers on the roads of France and Germany, though almost unnoticed on this side of the Channel. Indeed, in France the tentative beginnings of a motor industry were appearing. Britain had taken the lead from France and kept it for a century; now she followed where others led.