Production chronology1900–1901
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Darracq / Model record
DarracqType C 6½ HP
Production1900–1901
Recorded originFrance
ClassHistoric passenger, commercial and competition automobile
Power6.5 hp
Built1,200 units
The Ribeyrolles-engineered Type C was Darracq's first major commercial success and an early example of repeat production using standardized parts. Roughly sixty were reported in the opening season and more than one thousand in the next, for an often-cited total around 1,200. Runabout and rear-entrance tonneau were bodies on the same vertical-single, three-speed shaft-drive chassis. Some later catalogs extend the type to 1905, but the conservative 1900–01 window follows the documented launch and mass-production surge.
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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.