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Word: panhard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...careful plans were upset almost from the start. French Driver Louis Hery piled up his little (750 cc.) Panhard first time around the course. A few hours later he was dead of head injuries. As rain slicked the course, at least a dozen cars skidded, collided or overturned. But a phalanx of 1,000 gendarmes surrounded the track, and spectators at least were kept from harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death Rate: Normal | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

...were not quite so dashing. He is an accomplished yachtsman, horseman and fisherman, and is fond of wrestling with the lion in the royal zoo. He loves to skin dive, once descended 100 ft. off the coast of Corsica. In the 1953 Tour de France, Rainier wrapped his Panhard around a tree, escaped with a cut knee. Whenever he steps into one of his flashy racing cars, all Monaco breathes a prayer for his safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Prince & the Priest | 12/26/1955 | See Source »

...price tag. There was also a front-wheel-drive Citroën, one of France's most popular cars (it has a two-year waiting list), with a two-cylinder engine, maximum speed of 50 m.p.h. and price of $977. Also on display was Panhard, another two-cylinder car, which has a top speed of 85 m.p.h., costs about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Autos in Paris | 10/12/1953 | See Source »

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