And if the automobile had been born from a dream of lightness?
In a preface full of tenderness and memories, Jean-Claude Amilhat evokes his father's Monotrace, a strange, slender vehicle halfway between a motorcycle and a car, and the reawakening of a passion for a world now forgotten, that of cyclecars.
From the 1920s to the 1930s, France experienced an explosion of automobile creativity. Favored by advantageous tax laws, cyclecars became the symbol of an era full of hope, freedom, and invention.
With three or four wheels, designed in workshops or improvised garages, these vehicles embodied a widespread popular desire: to make the automobile accessible to all.
A bold compromise between motorcycles and cars, cyclecars aroused passions, fueled competitions and the specialized press, but saw their golden age end in 1925 with the conclusion of tax advantages. However, their spirit did not die: it persists in memories and in the fascination for these unusual vehicles.
Through a rich portrait that combines industrial history, curious anecdotes, and critical commentary, Jean-Claude Amilhat takes us on an epic journey of a dream, where the thirst for modernity wrote a little-known but essential page in the history of the automobile.
La petite histoire du cyclecar, a fascinating journey through time, between mechanical nostalgia and human adventures.
226 pages. Text in French.
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