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Gavin Braithwaite-Smith
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Freelance Writer, Motoring Research
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By Gavin Braithwaite-Smith Verified| PetrolBlog@ It took a week for the wooden crate to hit the ground. Suspended from a rarely photographed tower in the centre of Paris – google ‘Eiffel Tower’ if you’re not familiar with it – the box, marked ‘La Nouvelle Citroën’, descended a few metres every day until it reached terra firma. Then, on 23 September 1982, members of the press gathered as Jacques Lombard, general manager of Citroën, opened the box to reveal a red BX. And you thought unboxing was a product of the YouTube era.
By Gavin Braithwaite-Smith Verified| PetrolBlog@ Ferdinand Piëch reportedly came up with the idea for a W engine while riding the long train runnin’ between Tokyo and Nagoya. Some would say the late CEO of Volkswagen must have been smoking a doobie if he thought the world would embrace the idea of a Volkswagen Passat with a 4.0-litre W8 engine. Still, what a fool believes, etc. The former CEO was no fool. At Porsche, he designed the iconic 917 race car.
By Gavin Braithwaite-Smith Verified| PetrolBlog@ It took a week for the wooden crate to hit the ground. Suspended from a rarely photographed tower in the centre of Paris – google ‘Eiffel Tower’ if you’re not familiar with it – the box, marked ‘La Nouvelle Citroën’, descended a few metres every day until it reached terra firma. Then, on 23 September 1982, members of the press gathered as Jacques Lombard, general manager of Citroën, opened the box to reveal a red BX. And you thought unboxing was a product of the YouTube era.
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Motoring Research
Motoring Research is a UK automotive publisher. We help car buyers stay informed with the latest motoring news, advice, reviews and opinion. We're journalists: we test cars, we write about them, and help buyers navigate the marketplace. And we also supply all the information on them - data, images, prices, specifications, video. Motoring Research is a content agency too. We provide both plug-in and complete editorial solutions. We are the missing piece of the jigsaw… and the people who can complete it from scratch. In 2021, we will celebrate 35 years of being all things motoring research.
Harpenden, England, United Kingdom
+44 15 8276 1625
Founded: 1986