Darracq 6,5 CV (1901)Gladiator Double Phaeton from 1907, 2 cylinder, 2423 cc, 12 PS, 45 km/h, Cité de l’Automobile – Musée National – Collection Schlumpf, Mulhouse, FranceDarracq Coupé Chauffeur SS 20/28, 1907, 4 cylinder, 28,5 PS, 4728 cc, 70 km/h, Cité de l’Automobile – Musée National – Collection Schlumpf, Mulhouse, France
Alexandre Darracq (10 November 1855 – 1931) was a French investor, engineer, cycle manufacturer and automobile manufacturer. By 1904, Darracq was producing more than ten percent of all automobiles in France and he sold a substantial part of his business to British investors. He became fascinated by the possibilities of a rotary valve engine, put it into production and although it became a disaster for Darracq & Cie, persisted in installing it in Darracq products. He was obliged to retire in June 1912 aged 56. After the Armistice his name was dropped from his Suresnes factory's mass-produced products.
In 1906 he founded Società Anonima Italiana Darracq (S.A.I.D.) in Milan, Italy, which became [Società] Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (A.L.F.A.) in 1910 and eventually Alfa Romeo.
AlexandreDarracq (10 November 1855 – 1931) was a French investor, engineer, cycle manufacturer and automobile manufacturer. By 1904, Darracq was producing...
Paris. The French enterprise, known at first as A. Darracq et Cie, was founded in 1896 by AlexandreDarracq after he sold his Gladiator Bicycle business. In...
successful businessman AlexandreDarracq. In 1902 he sold his new business to a privately held English company named A Darracq and Company Limited, taking...
company can be traced to the French enterprise Automobiles Darracq S.A., founded by AlexandreDarracq in February 1897. In 1902 he sold it into British control...
property of Società Anonima Italiana Darracq (SAID), founded in 1906 by the French automobile firm of AlexandreDarracq, with some Italian investors. One...
its demise in 1920 the company was variously owned by: the founders AlexandreDarracq and Paul Aucoq; from 1896 by a London public listed company Clément...
the period of November through March. Through his relationship with AlexandreDarracq, land was purchased from the Faithful Companions of Jesus, to build...
Humber struck difficulties and Pullinger stayed in France with AlexandreDarracq as Darracq's designer and personal assistant. He moved on as works manager...
rear-wheel rotary engine ran in 1892. Production rights were acquired by AlexandreDarracq in 1894. Production halted following an unsuccessful entry in the...
encountered difficulties and Pullinger stayed in France with AlexandreDarracq as Darracq's designer and personal assistant. He moved on as works manager...
Jean-Louis Forain, Impressionist artist (born 1852) 2 November – AlexandreDarracq, automobile manufacturer (born 1855) 7 November – Étienne Bazeries...
Fronde is published by Marguerite Durand. AlexandreDarracq begins manufacture of motor vehicles at A. Darracq et Cie in the Paris suburb of Suresnes. Women...
quite as much public attention. In September 1904 du Gast piloted the Darracq powered Marsoin on the river Seine at Juvisy-sur-Orge, on the outskirts...
Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race of 1895 and the system was put into production by Darracq and Company London in 1900. Lawrence Hargrave first developed a rotary...
claimed to be a worldly event not to be missed. Renowned artists, such as Alexandre Charpentier and Leonardo Bistolfi, were commissioned to design medals...
467 CassagnePaul Cassagne lock 21 April 1957 v Italy at Agen 468 DarracqRoland Darracq flanker 21 April 1957 v Italy at Agen 469 MauduyGérard Mauduy wing...
engine. Another new circuit was constructed in 1924. French industrialist Alexandre Lamblin (who also owned the magazine L’Aero Sports) saw the merits of...
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