It is said that André Michelin, whilst visiting a tyre merchant, noticed copies of the guide being used to prop up a workbench. After the war, revised editions of the guide continued to be given away until 1920. ĭuring World War I, publication of the guide was suspended. In 1909, an English-language version of the guide to France was published. Michelin subsequently introduced guides for Algeria and Tunisia (1907) the Alps and the Rhine ( northern Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria, and the Netherlands) (1908) Germany, Spain, and Portugal (1910) the British Isles (1911) and "The Countries of the Sun" ( Les Pays du Soleil) ( Northern Africa, Southern Italy and Corsica) (1911). In 1904, the brothers published a guide for Belgium similar to the Michelin Guide. It provided information to motorists, such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol stations throughout France. Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition of the guide were distributed. To increase the demand for cars and, accordingly, car tyres, car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the Michelin Guide. In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. The 1911 Michelin Guide for the British Isles
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