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Every year, early cars gather to run and this year won’t be an exception as on November 3rd, an extremely rare Fiat 3½ hp produced in 1899 will participate, as sponsor, in the prestigious race staged to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Italian brand.

For this important British event, which will also celebrate the 120th anniversary of Fiat this year, the Italian brand is collaborating with the National Automobile Museum in Beaulieu to get the oldest Fiat in Britain back on to the road: the Fiat 3½ hp from 1899. One of the very rare specimens of this extraordinary car will be revving up its engine on the starting line of the annual classic car race “London to Brighton Veteran Car Run” and traveling the 60 mile-stretch that separates Hyde Park in London from Madeira Drive in Brighton, England.

This 120-year old vehicle has a 697 cc dual horizontal cylinder engine and 3-gear shift (with no reverse), it can reach a maximum speed of about 34 km/h and has a respectable fuel consumption of 1L/15km. Fiat, one of the oldest, most prestigious car manufacturers in the world, has been named official sponsor of the “Bonhams London to Brighton Car Run 2019”, an event organized by the Royal Automobile Club scheduled for Sunday November 3rd.

The title of sponsor is exclusively reserved for the most famous car manufacturers, whose history dates back to the pioneering period of classic cars, prior to 1905. Only these iconic brands have the honor of participating in the oldest motoring event in the world.

Besides, the vehicles made by the manufacturer from Turin have always been one of the over 400 participants to take part in the yearly commemorative trip. The Fiat 3½ hp is owned by FCA UK Ltd and is part of the permanent exhibition on show at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. It can comfortably seat two adults and two children, sitting facing the driver in a vis-à-vis configuration.

You can see that some of the car brand names do not exist today.

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Few of the over 400 cars that would participate in the race are:

1. 1898 Benz (Note that modern automobile is credited to Karl Benz, and later he and Mercedes formed what is known today as Mercedes-Benz).

2. 1898 Peugeot
3. 1902 Peugeot
4. 1902c Peugeot

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Note that some early cars use stick for steering while others have wheels. Some have no reverse gear.


5. 1902 Renault
6. 1902 Worsley
7. 1902 Napier
8. 1903 Oldsmobile

9. 1902 Gladiator
10. 1902 De Dion Bouton
11. 1902c Germain
12. 1902 Oldsmobile

Engineering marvels of those years. Hand crafted engines and body parts. I can imagine how such race will be

Those ones in the movie peaky blinders are more advance.

These cars made me remember Ancient New York.

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pacino26:
Engineering marvels of those years. Hand crafted engines and body parts. I can imagine how such race will be

To see that modern cars were improved from these auto powered 4-legged bicycles shows how far cars are developed.

Wigetsolar:


To see that modern cars were improved from these auto poweres 4-legged bicycles shows how far cars are developed.

Getting there.