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on June 20 2013 |
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by Alastair Sloane |
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On 3 May 1913 the world’s first 100 mph car was launched. A crowd of car enthusiasts gathered on Wattington Fell, Lancashire, England to witness this feat. That day defending champion Joseph Higginson made news around the world by driving his Vauxhall 30-98 in the annual hill climb. The Vauxhall success has continued for a century since that momentous day.
Alastair Sloane has been a newspaper journalist for almost 50 years. He was the motoring editor of the New Zealand Herald for 16 years from 1996 until 2012. He owns a 1968 VW Beetle. Best days at the wheel include doing part of the Land Rover Camel Trophy route in Papua New Guinea, driving a Nissan Patrol over earthquake-hit roads in Guatemala, and a Ferrari Italia 458 on Enzo’s old hill-climb road in Italy.
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