It was soon realised that the shape of carriages could not easily be combined with speed, and we were soon to see the dawn of a new century. New shapes, such as the torpedo shape, were devised, and unheard-of speeds were reached – even over 100 km per hour, like the record set by the Belgian Camille Jenatzy’s Jamais Contente (the “hard to please” car) on 29th April 1899. Speed came to be a part of life, altered the concept of space, time and distance and changed relationships between people, exchanges of ideas, and trade.