Production chronology1898–1904
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
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Darracq / Model record
DarracqPerfecta De Dion Quadricycle
Production1898–1904
Recorded originFrance
ClassHistoric passenger, commercial and competition automobile
Power1.75 hp
Four-wheel companion to the early motor tricycle and still a cycle-derived quadricycle rather than the later Type C light car. Sources associate the first form with a 1.75 HP De Dion-Bouton engine and report later proprietary or Aster alternatives, but do not provide reliable change dates or specifications. Those supplier variations remain within one product family and the Perfecta badge ambiguity is explicit.
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
No defensible output, engine split or complete serial range is available.