Darracq car, 1898. This car was built to the designs of M. Leon Bollee in 1898 (who sold the production rights for his design to Alexandre Darracq for 250,000 francs). It has a single cylinder, horizontal, air-cooled motor at the front, which drives the rear wheels through a belt change-speed gear, clutch, spur-gearing and differential. The motor develops 5 h.p at 800 r.p.m.

Building on Leon Bollée's earlier tricycle voiturette design, this four-wheeled light car kept the successful parts of that design but improved on the areas of criticism. Bollée's motor tricycle was praised for its robustness, speed and simplicity. However, some people complained about having to sit one behind the other, that it was uncomfortable, too low, too exposed to dust and mud, and the single rear wheel increased the chances of skidding. The four wheels of this quadricycle enabled two passengers to sit side by side and also reduced the risk of skidding. Additionally, the car was higher which raised passengers further from mud and dust.