The Helbé was a French
automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarde ...
manufactured from 1905 until 1907; it received its name, a version of "LB", from the initials of its builder,
Levêcque and Bodenreider. It was an assembled
light car
The term light car is used in Great Britain since the early part of the 20th century for an automobile less than 1.5 litres engine capacity. In modern car classification this term would be roughly equivalent to a subcompact car. There are numero ...
, powered by
De Dion engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
s of 4½, 6, and 8 hp, and used
Delage components.
References
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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France
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