VIDEO: Motors & Me - Jimmy Bohan

Find out more about Jimmy Bohan and his 1903 De Dion Bouton.

VIDEO: Motors & Me - Jimmy Bohan

What are you currently driving?

I am currently driving a Fiat Stilo Estate 1.9JTD 2005. I also have a beautiful 1903 De Dion Bouton.

Love at first sight, or just a means to get from A to B?

I am a Fiat enthusiast and I use my car as a means to get from A to B.

What’s under the bonnet?

The De Dion Bouton has a 698cc engine. De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer from 1883 to 1932. The company was founded by the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion and Georges Bouton.

The De Dion-Bouton engine is considered to the first high-speed lightweight internal combustion engine.

In 1900, De Dion-Bouton was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, producing 400 cars and 3,200 engines.

Every engine was being made by hand; the assembly line had not yet been introduced.

By 1904, more than 40,000 engines had been supplied across Europe.

Petrol head or Sunday driver?

I would be a Sunday driver at this stage in my life. I did alot of driving in my younger days.

What was your first car?

My first car was a Volkswagen Beetle, registration number: FZE229... (Where are you now?)

What else do/did you own?

I also used to own a Fiat 127 and a Fiat 1283P.

What would be you dream car?

My dream car to own would be a Fiat Topolino.

What would be you dream journey to drive?

My dream location driving experience is Kenmare/Glengarrif and Bantry.

Passenger you’d most like on a long journey?

I have travelled long journeys with Denis O’Sullivan from Mallow known as the Edwardian Engineer

Passenger you’d least like?

I would not like to travel in a car where there is no chat.

What’s on your playlist?

Not really fussy what I listen to in the car.

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