Production chronology1907
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
curated ↗1 year
← Bédélia
Bédélia / Model record
BédéliaPrototype
Production1907
Recorded originFrance
ClassOpen tandem two-seat experimental cyclecar
The improvised first four-wheeler built by the two engineering students after their motorcycle accident. Its front-passenger/rear-driver tandem arrangement, extreme lightness and motorcycle-derived construction generated the demand that led to Bédélia production. It predates the commercial marque and is not included in later production estimates.
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Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.