Production chronology1898
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Darracq / Model record
DarracqPerfecta 4 HP Voiturette
Production1898
Recorded originFrance
ClassHistoric passenger, commercial and competition automobile
Power4 hp
Small two-seater carrying combined Darracq-Perfecta identity and mechanically distinct from the licensed 5 HP Bollée-system car. Its 84 x 90 mm water-cooled single calculates to about 499 cc and drove through two belt ratios. Auction documentation reports approximately 20–25 mph; the structured 40 km/h value represents the upper converted claim, not a standardized test. The single surviving example does not establish a wider annual range.
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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
A survivor proves construction, but no series total or chassis range is known.