Autoworld

Brussels, Belgium, March 2005

After the Military Museum, I checked out the Autoworld car museum.  It was an amazing place full of famous cars ... Bugattis, Talbots, BMWs, Fords, Cords, etc.  All good.

Autoworld, Brussels, Belgium, Bugatti, Citroen, Iseta, Cord 810, Cord 812, Austin Seven, Isetta, BMW

1900s

Funny little French/Belgium car with one head light

Model T ... or something similar

Wheelchair or car?  Check out the 1907 Cadillac on the right.  A bit different to the one's today.

Talbot?  I've always loved the front of these cars.  Great curves.

1920 - 1940s

Austin 7s or derivatives of.

Tricycle with engine out the front. 

Close-up of engine.

MG?

Big Packard or something.  These cars are huge.

1930 Bugatti.  Not a type 35 but still gorgeous in Bugatti Blue

Pre-war racer.  All engine and no ABS, airbags or seatbelts in sight.

A 1936/37 Cord 810 or 812 Sedan.  One of my all time favourites.  I love the nose and the huge silver exhaust pipes coming out of the engine bay.  Pure automotive art.

Check out the design detail.

1950s onwards

A Citroen DS.  One of the most beautiful cars ever made ... and very technologically advanced for the time with it's hydromatic suspension and other innovations. 'DS' is a corruption of the french word for goddess.

Bugatti.  No idea what it was.  Possibly a one off design study.

Little scooter.  Tres cool.

Matra

BMW Isetta

Hard to believe people hooked upa caravan and went travelling with these thing. Must be slightly kinky as it looks like they have a blow up sex doll in the back of the car.  Definitely must be Germans.

Messerschmitt bubble car

Bathtub car.  I vaguely remember it was a post war italian car.  The Italians have sure come a long way!

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