Eight hundred lampposts inspired from Alexandre III bridge's in Paris furnish the 4.20 acres (17,000 m²) Aventure Automobile (Motor Car Experience) area of the Cité de l'Automobile. The vast room tells the story of the automotive world from 1878 to the present day through 243 emblematic cars. The exhibition is arranged by major chronological periods: the Ancêtres (Forerunners) from 1878 to 1918, the Classiques (Classics) until 1938, and the Modernes (Moderns) from 1945. Among them, prototypes with futuristic curves such as the Jamais Contente (The Never Contented), the first car to pass the 62 mi/h (100 km/h) threshold on April 29, 1899, with an electric engine.