page_title: Alexandre Darracq
hierarchical_section_title: Alexandre Darracq
caption_attribution_description: Darracq SS 20/28 CV Coupé-Chauffeur, 1907, 4 Zylinder, 28,5 PS, 4728 ccm, 70 km/h, Cité de l’Automobile – Musée National – Collection Schlumpf, Mulhouse, Frankreich
context_page_description: Alexandre Darracq was a French investor, engineer, cycle manufacturer and automobile manufacturer. By 1904, Darracq was producing more than ten percent of all automobiles in France and he sold a substantial part of his business to British investors. He became fascinated by the possibilities of a rotary valve engine, put it into production and though it became a disaster for Darracq & Cie persisted in installing it in Darracq products. He was obliged to retire in June 1912 aged 56 and after the Armistice his name was dropped from his Suresnes factory's mass-produced products.
  In 1906 he founded Società Anonima Italiana Darracq in Milan, Italy, which became [Società] Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili in 1910 and eventually Alfa Romeo.
context_section_description: Alexandre Darracq (10 November 1855 – 1931) was a French investor, engineer, cycle manufacturer and automobile manufacturer. By 1904, Darracq was producing more than ten percent of all automobiles in France and he sold a substantial part of his business to British investors. He became fascinated by the possibilities of a rotary valve engine, put it into production and though it became a disaster for Darracq & Cie persisted in installing it in Darracq products. He was obliged to retire in June 1912 aged 56 and after the Armistice his name was dropped from his Suresnes factory's mass-produced products.
  In 1906 he founded Società Anonima Italiana Darracq (S.A.I.D.) in Milan, Italy, which became [Società] Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (A.L.F.A.) in 1910 and eventually Alfa Romeo.
caption: Darracq Coupé Chaffeur SS 20/28, 1907, 4 cylinder, 28,5 PS, 4728 cc, 70 km/h, Cité de l’Automobile – Musée National – Collection Schlumpf, Mulhouse, France
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