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[[image:Im1896A-p606.jpg |thumb| 1896. No. 6 - The winner of the race - [[Panhard-Levassor| Panhard and Levassor]] ]] | [[image:Im1896A-p606.jpg |thumb| 1896. No. 6 - The winner of the race - [[Panhard-Levassor| Panhard and Levassor]] ]] | ||
[[image:Im1896A-p616.jpg |thumb| 1896. No. 8 - The Second Autocar in the race - [[Panhard-Levassor| Panhard and Levassor]].]] | [[image:Im1896A-p616.jpg |thumb| 1896. No. 8 - The Second Autocar in the race - [[Panhard-Levassor| Panhard and Levassor]].]] | ||
[[image:Im1896A-p716.jpg |thumb| 1896. No. 46 The First [[Peugeot]] in the Paris-Marseilles Contest. ]] | [[image:Im1896A-p716.jpg |thumb| 1896. No. 46 The First [[Peugeot]] in the Paris-Marseilles Contest. ]] | ||
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[[image:Im1896A-p581.jpg |thumb| 1896. The [[Triouleyre]] Autocar (No. 25). ]] | [[image:Im1896A-p581.jpg |thumb| 1896. The [[Triouleyre]] Autocar (No. 25). ]] | ||
[[image:Im1896A-p580.jpg |thumb| 1896. The [[Triouleyre]] Autocar (No. 25). ]] | [[image:Im1896A-p580.jpg |thumb| 1896. The [[Triouleyre]] Autocar (No. 25). ]] | ||
Held in September 1896 (after being delayed from July) with rules drawn up by the [[Automobile Club of France]]. This race was divided into five stages in each direction. Each carriage carried an umpire from the automobile club. | Held in September 1896 (after being delayed from July) with rules drawn up by the [[Automobile Club of France]]. This race was divided into five stages in each direction. Each carriage carried an umpire from the automobile club. |
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Held in September 1896 (after being delayed from July) with rules drawn up by the Automobile Club of France. This race was divided into five stages in each direction. Each carriage carried an umpire from the automobile club.
The following table shows the entry list
The results were:-
- Panhard and Levassor (M. Mayard) (No. 6) in 67h. 42m. 58s.
- Panhard and Levassor ( De Knyff) (No. 8) in 68h. 11m. 5s.
- De Dion Tricycle (No. 5) in 71h. 1m. 0s.
- Panhard and Levassor (Emile Levassor)
- De Dion Tricycle (entered by Michelin)
- Peugeot
- Delahaye
- Peugeot
- De Dion Tricycle
- Delahaye
- Maison Parisienne
- Maison Parisienne
- Landry and Beyroux in 137h. 11m. 17s.
The winning car (No 6) averaged 15.6 mph and was the first car to be fitted with a four-cylinder engine. The car was later purchased by Charles Stewart Rolls
The second car was afterwards bought by Selwyn Edge and he later fitted a Napier engine in it.
The third car (No 5) and the fourth vehicle to finish was later purchased by Charles Jarrott