The Mototri Contal was a French

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manufactured from 1907 until 1908. More elaborate than most three-wheelers of its era, it featured Roi-des-Belges bodywork on its more expensive models; the company also manufactured delivery

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s. Perhaps the high point of the firm's existence was the entry of one of its tricars in the Peking-Paris Race 1907. The car, driven by

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, however failed to go very far.

References

David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''.

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Mototri-Contal (photos & history)
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