| | Alexander Palace - The Tsar Picks a Ford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | Annual trials of motor cars had previously taken place under the auspices of the Imperial Automobile club of St. Petersburg, but the month of May, 1912, witnessed the first held by the government and under the direct supervision of the Russian Emperor and his associates in the war department. |
 | | After the trials, the 45 entrants were lined up for inspection in the grounds Of the Imperial Palace of Peterhof and the personal inspection of his Imperial Majesty, Emperor Nicolas II, given to each one of the cars. |
 | | Aided by the interest of the Russian government in promoting the welfare of the automobile in the Empire, it is expected that sales throughout Russia will in the next year or two double their present numbers. |
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