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JANUARY 1907
In a article in the French
newspaper Le Matin the editors raised a
challenge to the world:
...We ask this question of
car manufacturers 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...
In 1907 eleven men set out to take the
newly-born automobile on an adventure across two continents and over
deserts and through swamps. Would it be up to the challenge?
THE
REST IS HISTORY
then
100 YEARS LATER
On the 23rd April 2007 - St George's Day - four wrinkly men
will set out to take two very tired Transit Vans from England to China on an adventure across
two continents and over deserts and through swamps. Will they be up to
the challenge?
THE REST IS A MYSTERY
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