Production chronology1903
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Darracq / Model record
Darracq40 HP Paris–Madrid Racer
Production1903
Recorded originFrance
ClassHistoric passenger, commercial and competition automobile
Power40 hp
Lightened factory racing type prepared for the 1903 Paris–Madrid contest rather than a 40 HP touring model. Accessible period illustration establishes the competition car but not a complete engineering schedule or customer production. It is separated from the 1904 Type MM Gordon Bennett design and from the road-going Type T.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
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.
Research notes
A small works competition group existed, but no definitive build count has been recovered.