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The years leading up to the World War were Martini's best, with annual production hovering around 600 cars, placing the company at the head of the Swiss automobile industry. [3] While foreign manufacturers were already making inroads, the war years kept Martini in the black as they delivered large numbers of vehicles to the Swiss Army. [3]
The Soletta 750 is the first ever Swiss-built concept car. [1] It was also the first car both designed and built in Switzerland in the post-World War II (WWII) period. [2] The Soletta 750 debuted in 1956. Only one was ever made, primarily to demonstrate a new type of automobile suspension system.
A carhop is a waiter or waitress who brings fast food to people in their cars at drive-in restaurants. Carhops usually work on foot but sometimes use roller skates, as depicted in movies such as American Graffiti and television shows such as Happy Days. Carhops have long been associated with hot rods and 1950s pop culture.
For the first time Karl Benz publicly drove the car on July 3, 1886, in Mannheim at a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph). [ 10 ] Benz later made more models of the Motorwagen: model number 2 had 1.1 kW (1.5 hp) engine, and model number 3 had 1.5 kW (2 hp) engine, allowing the vehicle to reach a maximum speed of approximately 16 km/h (10 mph).
However, cars with front-wheel drive were made several years earlier in road cars produced by Alvis and Cord as well as in racing cars by Miller (and may have appeared as early as 1897). In the same vein, the independent suspension was initially developed by Amédée Bollée in 1873, but not put in production until the low-volume Mercedes-Benz ...
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Milk chocolate in solid form invented by Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter (initially meant for making a drink). Peter also created the first milk chocolate for eating, Gala Peter, in 1887. Confections Switzerland 1879 William White discovers how to flavor chicle, using peppermint, and marketing it as Yucatan chewing gum [94] Chewing gum USA 1879
The association of Swiss women, known as KlimaSeniorinnen, has more than 2,500 members. Throughout its legal battle, it said it was seeking women "aged 64 and older living in Switzerland ...