Style La Marquise: The Car That Won Because No One Else Showed Up
It all began with a toy in the window of a Parisian shop. In 1881, Count Jules-Albert de Dion, a man known in high society as much for the duels he challenged people to as for his fondness for women, was looking for prizes for a ball when his attention was caught by a model steam locomotive. It had been crafted with such precision that he decided to track down the people who had made it.
