UPCOMING CARS FROM JAY'S GARAGE:
Lamborghini CountachComing Nov. 24!
MainThe GarageThe CarsVideosPhotosArticlesGamesCommunityThe Tonight Show
1921 Mercedes "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang II" Bligh Brothers Tourer
Previous
Next
1921 Mercedes "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang II" Bligh Brothers Tourer | February 5, 2008
So, it’s only by coincidence that Jay Leno happens to be in this photograph standing behind the car. This picture was taken this August at Pebble Beach and the car is a modified 1921 Mercedes Bligh Brothers Tourer. As I learned from Jay at the event, the car was created by England-dwelling, Polish nobleman Count Louis Zborowski who created four high-performance large-engined vehicles all dubbed by him to be “Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang” (words derived from Cockney rhyming slang). This car, number 2 in the series, was built on a Mercedes chassis around an enormous 18.8-liter Benz BZ IV series aircraft engine. Back in the day, this 230 horsepower engine was able to carry the car to speeds reaching 113 mph. Zborowski raced the car only once at Brooklands and later took the car to tour the Sahara Desert.

Author Ian Fleming was inspired by the Count and his cars and adopted the cars’ name for his novel "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - which in 1968 was made into the successful movie.
Average Rating Rate It!
Your Email Friend's Email



Previous
Next