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Le Sabre - Who says Y...
Consistent lightweight construction, countless servomotors, an abundance of sensors and an unmanageable number of warning lights in the cockpit - the Le Sabre was ahead of its time in many ways in 1951. It shaped the design language of an entire decade and continues to shape automotive engineering to this day. This article is dedicated to the "experimental laboratory on wheels" and shows it in a wealth of historical images.
Anyone who thinks that Greta Thunberg and the currently hotly debated issue of environmental protection are a phenomenon of modern times is not quite right. Back in the late 1960s (and even earlier), there was a heated debate about environmental protection and the role of car emissions. GM's hybrid cars, for example, were one of the solutions at the time. The mélange of petrol and electric engines could have been a pioneering solution, had it not been for the considerable problems ...
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