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Renault Type B - automotive top-hat: a tiny "enclosed-drive" body mounted upon the 1899 type 2 1/2 HP De Dion-Bouton engine (Anthony Bird) 

 

Louis Renault won the Paris-Rambouillet race in October 1899, a distance of 64 miles in 2 hours 49 minutes, or at the mean speed of 23,75 miles per hour.

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Marcel Renault the third of Paris-Rambouillet race

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