BOUTON PICTURES GALLERY 1

The Dos-a-Dos (Back-to-Back) Steam Runabout was built in 1884 by George Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux for French entrepreneur Count de Dion, he called it 'La Marquise' after his mother.

De Dion won the world's first ever motor race in 1887 which ran 32km from the Pont de Neuilly in Paris to Versailles and back. His time was one hour and 14 minutes for an average of 25.9km/h with a speed of 60km/h on the straights.

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Count deDion winning the firstever motor race in Bouton Dos-a-Dos 1984

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