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May the 5,7m / 20ft MERCEDES MAYBACH LAND YACHT 6 CABIOLET , shutdown ROLLS ROYCE? MERCEDES BENZ design Vision MERCEDES MAYBACH LAND YACHT 6 CABIOLET - courtsey DAIMLER AG And why all of a sudden an essay about a car - but a true vision of luxury and style? And toping it, enviromental friendly! by Earl of Cruise The glamorous cabriolet reinterprets classic, ART DÉCO , emotional design principles in an extravagant way and combines intelligent beauty with classic, aesthetic, nearly erotic, proportions and a reduced, technoid appearance - a perfect embodiment of the design philosophy of Sensual Purity. MERCEDES MAYBACH 6 CABIOLET , me imagining myself driving this land yacht - original courtsey DAIMLER AG The MERCEDES MAYBACH LAND YACHT 6 CABRIOLET (only English wiki available), based on last years design study MERCEDES MAYBACH 6 COUPÉ.   MERCEDES BENZ 540K Roadster - courtsey CONCEPTCARS MERCEDES BENZ 540K AUTOBAHNKURIER - courtsey AUTOREVUE

In my last essay, HISTROY - BELLE ÉPOQUE on board COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE , I have written about the life during the BELLE ÉPOQUE on board the Tranatlantic liners of Cie. Gle. TRAMSATALNTIQUE and life ashore. Now I want to display some menu cards of the time and these liners. by Earl of Cruise LA CHAMPAGNE, 1886 - courtsey coloured by Daryl LeBlanc BELLE ÉPOQUE and today have its parallels ... In BELLE ÉPOQUE we had all over the world some few super rich, in their majority not caring for the lifes of the subordinates, or lower classes. Despite some who thought and and began to push for social reforms, to better the lifes of the poor. the greatest social reformers in Germany had been from the upper classes, as it was in other European countries. In France f.e. these social reforms started with Emporer Napoléon III., but slowed down in the Third Republic. Reformers and theorists came in those days most from the upper classes, as Henri de Saint-Simon . In Germany i

COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE had it first real peak in the BELLE ÉPOQUE , when liners transfered from mere ferries to Grand Hotels. It was the time when steam ships and steam technology became more secure and passengers demanded for more luxuries on board. BELLE ÉPOQUE  was an era, characterized by prosperity and affluence for the aristocracy and bourgeoisie, optimism, a new class - the laborers, social reforms, new arts and peace in Europe. But it was also a period of imperialism, building of colonial empires, strickt if not rude social regulations and militarism in each rank of societies.   by Earl of Cruise FRANCE (II), Le Versailles sur la Mer, what made FRANCE appear to be bigger than 23,000 GT, was the white coated Main Deck - colouring courtsey by Daryl LeBlanc French imperialism was in its prime. It was a cultural center of global influence, and its educational, scientific and medical institutions were at the leading edge of Europe. But France, as any other indus