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2 unusual facts about voiturette


Voiturette

The driver's license for them are available to people over 16 years and are in category "B1" and are valid, subject to restrictions, in all European Union countries.

French maker Renault's first car was simply called Voiturette, instead of the common usage then (it would have been called Renault 1¾ CV).


Léon Bollée Automobiles

Léon Bollée Automobiles was a French company founded by Léon Bollée in Le Mans to build a first vehicle called "Voiturette".

Lurquin-Coudert

Produced by a maker of industrial engines, they were "voiturette-tricars"; a twin-cylinder ran in the touring class at the 1907 Château-Thierry hillclimb.


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