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. Darracq motor car 1898