Production chronology1884
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Delamare-DebouttevilleDelamare-Deboutteville–Malandin Four-Wheel Prototype
Production1884
Recorded originFrance
ClassExperimental pioneer automobile
Power8 hp
Built1 units
Production
1
confirmed units built
One-off adaptation of a horse-drawn hunting break developed and road-tested near Fontaine-le-Bourg. Its 12 February 1884 patent concerned an improved gas engine and applications, making it a major early French milestone but not uncontested proof of the world's first automobile. The 1,800 kg laden figure comes from FFVE; a conflicting 392 kg chronology is not substituted. Coil ignition, heated-wick carburettor, muffler and 10 km/h are reported/reconstruction-derived rather than a retail specification.
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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.