Production chronology1898–1901
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
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Darracq / Model record
DarracqLéon Bollée-System 5 HP Voiturette
Production1898–1901
Recorded originFrance
ClassHistoric passenger, commercial and competition automobile
Power5 hp
Licensed light car derived from Léon Bollée practice and represented by a Science Museum example made in 1898. A 1907 retrospective describes the 5 HP air-cooled single, hot-tube ignition and unusual five-step belt transmission. The compact two-seat vehicle measured about 2.13 by 1.30 by 1.26 m on a 61-inch wheelbase and weighed roughly 500 kg. Later sources sometimes collapse it with the mechanically different 4 HP Perfecta or Type C; they remain separate here.
Chronology ledger
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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.
Research notes
No isolated total is known; it preceded Darracq's high-volume Type C.