Michelin brings rare autos to Monterey Car Week - Tire Business
-- ArtID: 150819995 ArtByline: Tire Business Staff Report ArtCategory: NEWS ArtCategoryName: NEWS ArtTitle: Michelin brings rare autos to Monterey Car Week ArtMainPhoto: /apps/pbcsi. dll/storyimage/TB/20150810/NEWS/150819995/AR/0/Michelin-L’Eclair. brings to California two iconic vehicles for the famed Monterey Car Week. The L’éclair automobile, commissioned by brothers Edouard and Andre Michelin in 1895, “blazed a path in automotive history that didn’t involve powerful engines or fancy sheet metal but quite simply air,” riding on four skinny, white rubber... dll/storyimage/TB/20150810/NEWS/150819995/H2/0/Monterey-Car-Week. As a presenting sponsor of three top events scheduled during Monterey Car Week , Michelin is bringing a replica of the L’Eclair from its company museum in France along with the scarcely seen high-performance Koenigsegg One:1 — which Michelin... In 1895, no auto manufacturer wanted to fit its vehicles with air-filled tires, according to Michelin, so, in cooperation with Peugeot, the Michelin brothers decided to produce their own automobile that could use their revolutionary tire technology. It was the first car ever to be equipped with pneumatic tires and, although the L’Eclair arrived in Paris dead last, succeeded in. Source: www.tirebusiness.com
