{"id":492365,"date":"2012-05-03T08:43:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T08:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=340372"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:58:30","slug":"1907-peking-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1907-peking-to-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Peking to Paris (1907) \u2013 History &#038; Ultimate Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1903 Paris to Madrid &#8211; The Race to Death<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;We ask this question of car manufacturese in France and abroad: Is there anyone who will undertake to travel this summer from Paris to Peking by automobile? Whoever he is, this tough and daring man, whose gallant car will have a dozen nations watching its progress, he will certainly deserve to have his name spoken as a byword in the four quarters of the earth&#8230; &#8211;\u00a0Le Martin in January of 1907<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The story begins with that infamous newspaper advert, in the Paris based publication, Le Matin, which read:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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