在汽车刚刚诞生不久的年代,人们对于速度和旅途的追求近乎疯狂,这可不是耸人听闻,因为早在1907年,法国晨报就出现了这样的标题:“今年夏天有没有人愿意开着电动机车从北京到巴黎?”一些从中牟利的投机者更是在广告语中预言:伟大的横贯大陆的汽车赛事诞生了。事实上这确实是一次伟大的横贯驾驶, In the era when the car was just born, people’s pursuit of speed and travel was almost crazy. This was not sensational, because as early as 1907, the French Morning Post had such a title: “Is there anybody willing to drive a motor car this summer? From Beijing to Paris? "Some profit-seeking speculators predicted in the slogan: Great transcontinental car races were born. In fact, this is indeed a great traverse drive.