Together with the Peking to Paris race which took place the year before it established the reliability of the automobile as a dependable means of transportation, eventually taking the automobile from an amusement of the rich to a reliable and viable means of long distance transportation for the masses.
Xunto ca Pequín - París a carreira que tivo lugar o ano anterior, estableceuse a fiabilidade do automóbil como medio de transporte fiable, co tempo o automóbil pasou de ser unha diversión dos ricos a unha forma segura e viable de transporte de masas a longa distancia.