Delamare-Deboutteville was a French car designed in 1884.
Many people argue that they had invented the first car, Mr Édouard Delamare-Deboutteville described how he had built and driven his car in early 1884. On 12 February 1884, he registered his design under patent number 160267, furthermore the French claimed that Panhard & Levassor and Peugeot had laid the foundation for the automobile and not Daimler and Benz. Several replicas were made of this design and have been entered in all kinds of different events.
Panhard & Levassor and Peugeot were also the first to offer cars for sale, as early as 1890 and 1891.
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