I had the chance in February to visit a part of the collection of cars of HSH the Prince of Monaco exposed at the National Automobile Museum in Mulhouse in the South of Alsace.

Just the museum is already an incredible experience, as it’s one of the biggest car collections in the world, and you can walk between some of the first cars ever made, a few formula ones, and even Bugatti cars such as the Bugatti Veyron, mostly famous for breaking the 400km/h milestone and being one of the first cars sold at more than 1,000,000 €.

This particular exhibition, named From Monaco To Mulhouse, was really nice and I recommend it to everyone who has the chance to go to this museum. It showed around twenty cars but I’m only going to describe to you the ones that left a mark on my mind.

First, a replica made between 2007 and 2008 of the first motorbike of the Prince of Monaco Albert the 1st from the beginning of the 20th century. The prince travelled multiple times in France with this bike, the Humber 2.75 hp, which has a
maximum speed of 40 km/h. There was also a rally car, the MG Metro 6R4 which only competed for one year in Group B, probably the most famous category in rally history, and competed at the Monte Carlo. And finally: a formula 1 Jordan type 193, with a V10 and a chassis entirely in carbon fibre, from the Sard team in the 80s which had as a pilot the famous Rubens Barrichello.

I really recommend this show, if you like cars and motor sports. It’s an amazing experience as you can admire wonderful cars and learn about them with well-made explanations.

Julien Dousseaud