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Illustration — Esculape The Esculape was a French automobile manufactured only in 1899. Advertised as being "worked by an improved De Dion-Bouton motor, strengthened by a water current", it was said by its Paris-based makers, the Automobile Union, to be "fast, silent, and vibrationless".

Esculape

Esculape 1899. (The car's museum placard misdates it; see Category:1899 Esculape in the Musée National de l'Automobile for details.)

Buch-t · Public domain

Founded
1898.
Headquarters
Paris.
Activity
automotive industry.
Dissolved
1902.

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Illustration — Esculape The Esculape was a French automobile manufactured only in 1899. Advertised as being "worked by an improved De Dion-Bouton motor, strengthened by a water current", it was said by its Paris-based makers, the Automobile Union, to be "fast, silent, and vibrationless".

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