Dufaux automobile

The event was a total failure for the Dufaux brothers as their car with the number 7 not even could start because of a broken wheel. This car still exists and is permanently exhibited at the Musée Nationale de l'automobile (Collection Schlumpf / Cité de l'Automobile) in Mulhouse (France). Later, the brothers won a race at Geneva over a distance of one kilometer at an average speed of 72 mi/h. At a second race in Paris, the brothers came in second place. The car had actually been driven from Switzerland to Paris in less than 10 hours. The official Gordon Bennett homepage mentions an 80 HP Dufaux with a straight eight-cylinder engine entering the 1905 event. The race was held in the Auvergne near Paris. Again, Léon Théry on Richard-Brasier won the cup. This was the last Gordon Bennett cup for automobiles. Another model built by the brothers was given a monstrous four-cylinder engine with 26,400 cc. This big engine gave more than 150 bhp. Frédéric Dufaux broke with this car the world record on 13 November 1905 at a speed of 98 mi/h. He completed a kilometer in just 23 seconds. In 1906, more cars were built. Most of them had a smaller four-cylinder engine. An eight-cylinder with 120 bhp was also built. In a hill climb in Marchairuz in 1906, four Dufaux models took place in the starting line. Two of them were eight-cylinders with 12,760 cc and 14,449 cc, respectively, and one a more modern four-cylinder with 4,400 cc. Unfortunately, manufacturing of race cars became too expensive, so they ceased production in 1907.

• Name — Dufaux • Industry — Automotive • Founder — * Charles Dufaux • Frédéric Dufaux • Defunct — 1907 • Fate — Ceased production • Products — Automobiles • Illustration — The original Dufax automobile