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First automobile race Paris - Rouen

  • Designation
    Concours du 'Petit Journal' Les Voitures sans Chevaux
  • Date
    22.07.1894
  • Racecourse/track
    Paris - Rouen
  • Race distance
    126 km
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The first competitive automobile race in the world. July 22, 1894. Vehicle of Alfred Vacheron during the endurance test between Paris and Rouen. Vacheron was awarded joint 4th place in the contest.
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First automobile race, Paris-Rouen, 1894
A Panhard & Levassor with a Daimler engine manufactured by licence and an elegant canopy during the first automobile race between Paris and Rouen on 22 July 1894.
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First automobile race, Paris-Rouen 1894
At the world's first automobile race, Paris-Rouen in 1894 (126 km), cars with Daimler engines won. Benz cars also successfully participated. Drawing Hans-Ulrich Günther.
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First automobile race, 1894
Reliability run Paris-Rouen, July 22, 1894. At this event, the Panhard & Levassor car with a 4 hp Daimler V engine took first place.
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Panhard & Levassor with Daimler-V-engine, 1894
At the world´s first automobile race from Paris to Rouen covering a distance of 126 km (78 miles) in 1894, vehicles with Daimler engines manufactured by licence win the first four places. Here, we see Albert Lemaitre´s Peugeot, in the left rear seat: Adolphe Clément.
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First automobile race, Paris-Rouen, 1894
The first car race from Paris to Rouen, 22 July 1894: Emile Roger, the first ever foreign sales agent for Benz vehicles, finished in 14th place driving a Benz Vis-à-Vis 3 hp and was awarded fifth prize. Drawing by Hans Liska dating from 1960.
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Paris–Rouen, 22 July 1894
At the world´s first automobile race from Paris to Rouen covering a distance of 126 km (78 miles) in 1894, vehicles with Daimler engines manufactured by licence win the first four places. This Panhard & Levassor with an engine power output of 3.5 hp/2.6 kW comes fourth. Altogether, 21 vehicles start, 15 of which reach finish, among them 9 with Daimler engines.
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First automobile race, Paris-Rouen, 1894
Erste Automobilwettfahrt - Paris-Rouen, 1894 und Mercedes 35 PS Renn- und Tourenwagen, 1900 - 1901
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Erste Automobilwettfahrt, 1894 und Mercedes 35 PS Renn- und Tourenwagen, 1900 - 1901
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