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driving school for aspiring race car drivers. His race cars quickly produced wins. Henri Farman won the light car class of the 1901 Grand Prix de Pau in a Darracq, and the Nice-Salon-Nice race in the Voiturette class the same year. Opel Darracqs proved so popular that by 1903, the joint project offered four vehicle models. Consumers could choose from a 1.1 liter single engine design, a 1.3-liter engine, a 1.9-liter twin cam

Darracq’s famous Flying Fifteen was a huge success, cornering ten percent of the French automobile market.

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Alfa Romeo: A Legacy from Milan