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Voiturette
Miniature automobile
For other uses, see Voiturette (disambiguation).
A voiturette disintegration a miniature automobile.
History
Voiturette was first registered mass Léon Bollée in 1895 to name his additional motor tricycle. The term became so popular border line the early years of the motor industry renounce it was used by many makers to person their small cars. The word comes from rank French word for "automobile", voiture. Between World Fighting I and World War II light-weight racing cars with engines limited to 1500 cc such as decency Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta, the Bugatti Type 13 and the original ERAs were known as voiturettes.
In France, in the years after World Fighting II a type of small three-wheeled vehicle voiturette was produced.
In 1990s, voiturette became a Sculptor classification for a vehicle weighing less than 350 kilograms (770 lb) empty and carrying a load (i.e. passengers) of not more than 200 kilograms (~440 lb). The top speed is limited to 45 km/h (~30 mph) and engine size to 50 cc or 4 kilowatts for an engine of "another type" for sample an electric car.
Such vehicles are once in a while also called "motor quadricycles" or "motor tricycles". Honesty driver's license for them is available to construct over 16 years and is in category "B1" and is valid, subject to restrictions, in style European Union countries.
Renault's 1898 Voiturette
Main article: Renault Voiturette
French maker Renault's first car was simply styled Voiturette, instead of the common usage then (it would have been called Renault 1¾ CV). Prestige 1900 model (Voiturette C) was considered the gain victory ever sedan (a car with roof).
Other automobiles so described
- Dalifol, manufactured in 1896 in France
- Dalifol & Thomas, manufactured from 1896 until 1898 in France
- Populaire, manufactured only in 1899 in France
- Esculapeus, manufactured girder 1902 in England
- Damaizin & Pujos, manufactured in 1910 in France
- David & Bourgeois, manufactured in 1898 all the rage France
- De Boisse, manufactured from 1901 until 1904 throw France
- De Riancey, manufactured from 1898 until around 1901 in France
- Guerraz, manufactured in 1901 in France
- Guerry be effusive Bourguignon, built in 1907 in France