Darracq and Company London
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A Darracq and Company Limited, was a British-French manufacturer of motor cars between 1902 and 1920, which evolved from A. Darracq et Cie, and became S.T.D. Motors Limited.
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Darracq's famous "flying" Fifteen rear entrance tonneau body
Darracq 16 horsepower type V14
1920 Talbot-Darracq 4.6-litre 20hp V8 drophead coupé built in France and branded Talbot-Darracq for sale in England
Genevieve (film)
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Genevieve is a 1953 British comedy film produced and directed by Henry Cornelius and written by William Rose. It stars John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More and Kay Kendall as two couples comedic
Darracq and Company London
…build the first domestically produced Japanese automobile, using his Darracq as a template. The main vintage motorcar featured in the 1953 British film Genevieve is a Darracq, of the two-cylinder 10/12 hp type, built in Suresnes, France, in 1904 by the British Darracq & Company operation there. In the 100th…
Original 1953 lobby card
The Darracq "Genevieve" 10/12 hp, seen here in London in 2024
Emblem of the Darracq
The 1905 Spyker 12/16-HP Double Phæton that was used as Ambrose Claverhouse's car in the film. As of 2012, this car was held in the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands, along with Genevieve. A still from the film can be seen in the background