Victoria Combination 1898 vintage car
In 1898 the French cycle firm La Société Parisienne introduced a small front-wheel drive 'voiturette' (small car) called the Victoria Combination. It
consisted of a lightweight two-seater trailer of the pattern known as a Victoria and this was combined with the back axle and running gear from a
motor tricycle placed in front of the trailer and tiller-steered. It must have been one of the first motorised articulated vehicles and may well have been the first front-wheel driven car. This car was powered by a 2.1kW De Dion-Bouton air-cooled engine, but several different engines were soon fitted.
About 400 Victoria Combinations are estimated to have been sold by the end of 1901 and around 10 examples are known to survive.
First price: 3000 French francs
length 2520mm
width 1290mm
wheelbase 1720mm
track 1130 mm
height 1315 mm
top speed 16 km/h
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