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The Oldest Running Family Car in the World
posted on: 2011-10-09 11:50:27
Oldest Running Family Car in World Sold for Record Price
blogpost by Ihor Cap
The oldest working car in the world was issued in 1884. No, it’s not a Ford, Volkswagen or Toyota even though these may be the biggest selling vehicles of all time. It’s not the Chevrolet, BMW or Chrysler either. It’s quite a mouthful to pronounce or even to remember. Thank goodness it has an alternate name. It’s called De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout, named after the Count of Dion, a French aristocrat. It’s also known by its much simpler name, La Marquise, named after the Count’s mother. It sold at an auction in the first week of October 2011 for a whopping 4 million 620 thousand dollars. This is a new record price for vintage vehicle sales.
Back in the 19th century, the car reached an average speed of 16 miles per hour (25.749 kilometers per hour) and it also reached a top speed of 38 miles per hour (61.155 kilometers per hour). However, the car did take at least 30 to 40 minutes to start up before it could go anywhere. It used little pieces of coal, wood and paper to fuel this vintage car. That’s how the engine built up enough steam to drive, notes Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia about the Marquise.
this quadricycle is much more compact, steering with its front wheels and driving the back wheels through connecting rods, rather like a locomotive. (The same principle was applied to the contemporary Hilderbrand & Wolfmuller motorcycle, though it proved difficult to ride, with so much unbalanced weight whizzing around.)
De Dion’s little quadricycle can claim to be the first family car, despite its arcane power source. What makes it different from road-going locomotives dating back to Cugnot’s 1770 tractor is its sophisticated boiler, which can be steamed in 45 minutes. It is also compact at only nine feet long and relatively light at 2,100 pounds. But, it has four wheels, seats four, and can be driven by one person – like a modern car.
Elsewhere it provides the following details about this back-to-back “dos-a-dos” four seater vehicle that was not readily accessible to the everyone then
Twin compound steam engines, “spade handle” steering, solid front and rear axles with semi-elliptic springs, locomotive-style connecting rod motion, single-acting mechanical brakes. Wheelbase: 43"
- Named “La Marquise” after the Count de Dion’s mother
- At 127 years of age, the oldest running motor car in the world
- Single family ownership for 81 years and only four owners from new
- Participant in the first automobile race in 1887
- Veteran of four London-to-Brighton runs
- Pebble Beach Concours double award winner in 1997
- Capable of 38 mph, 20 miles on tank of water
- Veteran Car Club dating certificate #1750
- Offered from the Estate of John O’Quinn
Want more information about this vintage car? I suggest trying a world wide web search. You will find more details on the web if you make a search under its very complicated name versus it’s simple name, although I found the RM Auctions web site to be most informative. Care to see a video of this car in action. Then see the YouTube video below. Thank you for visiting our site!
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The oldest working car in the world was issued in 1884. No, it’s not a Ford, Volkswagen or Toyota even though these may be the biggest selling vehicles of all time. It’s not the Chevrolet, BMW or Chrysler either. It’s quite a mouthful to pronounce or even to remember. Thank goodness it has an alternate name. It’s called De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout, named after the Count of Dion, a French aristocrat. It’s also known by its much simpler name, La Marquise, named after the Count’s mother. It sold at an auction in the first week of October 2011 for a whopping 4 million 620 thousand dollars. This is a new record price for vintage vehicle sales.
