On this day in 1898: The first ever Paris motor show brings excitement, optimism, fear and loathing
exhibited six “elegantly constructed vehicles, as well as the cab which distinguished itself so well in the [preceding] trials by its regularity of running and speed”.
Other present companies that would become notable in the rapid development of the car industry included Benz , Bollée, Delahaye, Lorraine-Dietrich and Mors. France’s president, Félix Faure, was openly sceptical about their future when opening the show, before going home in a horse-drawn carriage .And more seriously, there was “grumbling” among Parisians about the “recklessly racing” rich , cars having become capable of an alarming 30mph when the speed limit in Paris was 7mph.
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