Next Friday just over one hundred cars will set off on the fourth edition of the Peking to Paris Rally and just as in the legendary first edition in 1907, the first and oldest car off the start ramp in China will be a 1907 Itala

After covering 14,000 kilometres through 11 countries in 2 months, the Itala has successfully arrived in Peking having retracted the exact route of the 1907 Peking-Paris race exactly 100 years later

Photo Gallery: 1907-2007 Pargi-Pechino

Exactly one month after setting off from Paris, the Itala which won the famous Peking to Paris race one hundred years ago has arrived in Moscow as it retraces the route taken by Scipione Borghese

The Itala and its caravan of vehicles travelling the Paris – Peking route will be Impatto Zero - Zero Impact: their carbon dioxide emissions will be compensated by reforestation in Costa Rica

The edition of the French daily Le Matin, on sale on 31 January 1907, launched an unprecedented challenge: “Is there anyone who will undertake to travel this summer from Peking to Paris by automobile?”

Iveco's off-road range, including the Daily, Trakker, Eurocargo and Massif will escort the Itala in its endurance test this summer with each vehicle involved in the trial having a well defined role

Exactly one hundred years after its epic victory in the legendary adventure from Peking to Paris the Itala arrives in Paris today as it prepares to set off on a journey to retrace the route

Iveco is a partner of Overland for an exciting new journey retracing the 1907 Peking-Paris to be undertaken by an Itala, the car that one century ago forged a symbolic link between Asia and Europe