L' Amilcar CGS de Tintin au Pays des Soviets

The Amilcar - "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" (1930) Back in Berlin, Tintin has a dangerous Bolshevik arrested by the police and receives twenty thousand marks as a reward for his capture. Having decided to return to Russia, the young man immediately buys a powerful sports car which he soon, at high speed under a downpour, crashes at a level crossing just as the train for Brussels is passing... The sports car presented to Tintin seems to have been inspired by Hergé by various "grand sport" models of the 1920s. Among these is undoubtedly the Amilcar CGS. THE CAR THAT INSPIRED HERGÉ: Brand: Amilcar Model: CGS Year: 1924 Displacement: 1074 cc Top speed: 120 km/h FAITHFUL DETAILS: Twice: Tintin buys this sports car. The second car Tintin will buy will be the Ford T in Tintin in the Congo. Grand sport!: This CGS sports car is the most famous of the brand (a French brand). Hergé reproduces the characteristic streamlined rear of the Amilcar. Although equipped with brakes on all four wheels (a novelty for the time), Tintin cannot avoid the trap of the slippery road and pulverizes his new purchase. Design: The Amilcar of the 1920s is a small car that combines a small-displacement engine with a chassis reduced to a minimum and a lightweight body. Absence: Hergé's drawing is simplified. While the model reproduces the light and functional fenders, the side-mounted spare wheel and the windshield are absent.