Tricycles - De Dion Bouton
A fascinating insight into the now rare De Dion-Bouton Tricycles. Nick Pellett from the De Dion Bouton Club UK passionately describes the ingenuity, delevopment and surprising impact of these machines - produced in the late 1800's. De Dion Bouton's pioneering engine design - as seen as seen in these tricycles - was pivotal in the evolution of the combustion engines in the motoring industry. De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1953. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton and Charles Trépardoux. Filmed at the famous Brooklands Circuit, UK Connect with us: https://www.hoxtonmoto.com https://www.instagram.com/hoxtonmoto https://www.facebook.com/HoxtonMoto
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A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1-8 people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are over 1.6 billion cars in use worldwide as of 2025. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The mode...
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