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TECHING Benz Patent-Motorwagen 1886 – The car that started it all as 430pcs model kit
A Journey to the Birth of the Automobile Every car on the road today – from compact city cars and luxury saloons to Formula 1 racers and electric hypercars – owes its existence to one remarkable invention. Long before automotive giants such as Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz or Toyota became household names, a visionary German engineer introduced a machine that would change transportation forever. That machine was the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Officially patented on 29 January 1886, it is widely recognised as the world’s first true automobile powered by an internal combustion engine. Unlike earlier experiments that simply added engines to horse-drawn carriages, Carl Benz designed the Patent-Motorwagen as a complete vehicle…
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Sauber-Mercedes C9: The long journey to the top – Yung Shing FEATURETTE
Jolly 80’s or something resembling an introduction The 80’s are considered by many as the golden age of motorsport. And when you consider, it’s hard not to see why. In the same decade we got turbocharged monsters of F1, rocketships and absolute death traps of Group B rally and fire breathing monsters from IMSA’s GTP and GTO classes. Le Mans wasn’t an exception, blessing viewers with the absolute art that was Group C machinery. Group C produced some of the most iconic and insane machines that have ever raced. They sure are some of my favourite cars ever made and I still have posters of Toyota 87C and Pegueot 905…
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Tarmacwork’s BIGGEST RELEASE EVER – 1/64 FEATURETTE
All or nothing… Tarmacworks has been firmly established in the 1:64 scale model car business for several years now. And more recently also with trading cards, which we have looked at in more detail in a separate article. In any case, Tarmacworks now offers an extremely wide range of model cars that we hardly know where to start and where to stop. Because every, but really every car fan will get their money’s worth here. Whether you are a Formula 1 fan, Opel lover, hypercar collector, JDM fanatic, Libertywalk supporter or whatever: Tarmacworks is now at the top of its game! In addition, Tarmacworks offers many different categories of model…
