Paris–Rouen (motor race)

Competition for
Horseless Carriages

Scene of the 1894 Paris Rouen Concours du 'Petit Journal' Les Voitures sans Chevaux on the front page of Le Petit Journal 5 August 1894. Car 27 is a Peugeot Type 2 driven by Louis Rigoulot.
Venue	Road from Paris to Rouen
Location	France
Corporate sponsor	Le Petit Journal Pierre Giffard
First race	22 July 1894 (unique race) 102 entrants 21 qualified 4 Stopped
Distance	126 kilometres (78 mi)

Jules-Albert, Count de Dion finished first in a steam powered De Dion tractor towing une Calèche, but was not eligible for the prize. Among the passengers are the Count de Dion, Baron Étienne van Zuylen van Nyevelt-Rothschild, and writer Émile Driant.

Albert Lemaître (pictured on left) finished second in a 3 hp Peugeot but was judged the winner. Bicycle and tyre manufacturer Adolphe Clément-Bayard was the front passenger.

Paris–Rouen, Le Petit Journal Competition for Horseless Carriages (Concours du 'Petit Journal' Les Voitures sans Chevaux), was a pioneering city-to-city motoring competition in 1894. Some anglophone sources call it a race, a rally or a trial, and it is sometimes described as the world's first competitive motor race although the initial announcement stated that "it will not be a race".^{[1][Notes 1]}

The competition was organised by the newspaper Le Petit Journal and run from Paris to Rouen in France on 22 July 1894. It was preceded by four days of vehicle exhibition and qualifying events that created great crowds and excitement. The eight 50 km (31 mi) qualifying events started near the Bois de Boulogne and comprised interwoven routes around Paris to select the entrants for the main event.126 km (78 mi)^[2]

The first driver across the finishing line at Rouen was "le Comte de Dion" but he did not win the main prize because his steam vehicle needed a 'stoker' and was thus ineligible. The fastest petrol powered car was a 3 hp (2.2 kW; 3.0 PS) Peugeot driven by Albert Lemaître. The premier prize, the 5,000 franc Prix du Petit Journal, for 'the competitor whose car comes closest to the ideal' was shared equally by manufacturers Panhard et Levassor and Les fils de Peugeot frères ("The sons of Peugeot brothers"), with vehicles that were 'easy to use'.^[3][4][5][6]

1894 – Paris to Rouen

Auguste Doriot, finished third in a Vis a vis (Face to face) 3 hp Peugeot.^[7]

Panhard-Levassor (1890–1895), similar to Hippolyte Panhard's fourth-place finisher.

Émile Kraeutler finished 6th in a 3hp Peugeot.

Michaud finished 9th in the 3 hp Peugeot phaeton.

Michaud passes through a busy street in Mantes-la-Jolie, racing amongst horses and pedestrians, en route to Rouen where he finished 9th in the 3 hp Peugeot phaeton.

1894 Paris-Rouen Serpollet Steamer No 44 DNF (Leon Serpollet is 3rd from left)

Organisation

In 1894, Pierre Giffard, editor of Le Petit Journal, organised the world's first motoring competition from Paris to Rouen to publicise his newspaper, to stimulate interest in motoring and to develop French motor manufacturing. Sporting events were a tried and tested form of publicity stunt and circulation booster. The paper promoted it as 'Le Petit Journal' Competition for Horseless Carriages (Le Petit Journal Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux) that were not dangerous, easy to drive, and cheap during the journey, the main prize being for the competitor whose car comes closest to the ideal. The announcement in Le Petit Journal on 19 December 1893 expressly denied that it would be a race - ce ne sera pas une course. The easy to drive clause effectively precluded from the prizes any vehicles needing a travelling mechanic or technical assistant such as a stoker.^[1][3]

Le Petit Journal announced prize money totalling 10,000 gold francs – 5,000 for first place, 2,000 for second, 1,500 for third; 1,000 for fourth, and 500 for fifth. The main prize was for the first eligible vehicle across the finish line in Rouen.^[1]

Entrants

See full list of 102 entrants.

102 people paid the 10 franc entrance fee. They ranged from practical manufacturers like Peugeot, Panhard, de Dion-Bouton and Serpollet to amateur owners and 'over-ambitious concepts'. 78 entrants did not show up for qualifying on 18 July, these included circa 25 powered by unfamiliar and improbable technologies such as 'gravity – nine; 'compressed air' – five; 'automatic' – three; electricity – three; gas – three; hydraulics – two; liquid, pedals, propellers and levers. Additionally 19 petrol powered designs and 26 steam powered cars, quadricycles and tricycles did not show up at the qualifying event.^[3][4][8]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 19–21 July 1894, and was preceded by a public exhibition of 26 cars to Neuilly-sur-Seine on 18 July. Journalists reported great crowds and excitement throughout the routes, and at Précy-sur-Oise they finished through a triumphal arch. On 19 July 26 cars lined the side of the Boulevard Maillot, stretching to the Bois de Boulogne, each parked 10 m (33 ft) apart until, at 8am, the first car led off, followed at 15 second intervals by the others. The 50 km (31 mi) qualifying event had to be completed in under three hours to be eligible to start the main event, the 126 km (78 mi) race from Paris to Rouen; 21 were selected for the main event.^[3][8][9]

Qualifying was used as a major publicity tool for both the event and the newspaper for our readers who want to see the cars on the roads around Paris. The 22 vehicles were split into five groups who completed complex interwoven tours of Paris and its environs, including Mantes-la-Jolie, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Flins-sur-Seine, Poissy, Triel-sur-Seine, Rambouillet, Versailles, Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Corbeil-Essonnes, Palaiseau, Précy-sur-Oise, Gennevilliers and L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise. The groups were carefully balanced to ensure each included petrol and steam, a Peugeot, a Panhard & Levassor, and different seating. It is noteworthy Le Petit Journal, on the morning of the event, still officially expected Monsieur Lemoigne and his gravity powered vehicle to participate, although he was included as an additional member of group 5.^[8]

The groups that set off from Porte Maillot on Thursday 19 July were:^[8]

• Itinerary 1 – Paris to Mantes-la-Jolie via Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Flins-sur-Seine:
  • No. 3 MM. de Dion, Bouton et Cie, break, 6 seats, steam. – Did not qualify for Paris-Rouen.
  • No. 13 MM. Panhard et Levassor, 4 seats, petrol. – qualified
  • No. 21 M. Letar, 4 seats, steam. – Did not qualify
  • No. 30 MM. Les fils de Peugeot frères, 3 seats, petrol - qualified

• Itinerary 2 – Paris to Mantes-la-Jolie via Poissy and Triel-sur-Seine:
  • No. 10 M. Scotte, 8–10 seats, steam. – qualified
  • No. 15 MM. Panhard et Levassor, 2 seats, petrol. – qualified
  • No. 25 M. Coqatrix, 4 seats, steam. – qualified
  • No. 28 MM. Les fils de Peugeot frères, 4 seats, petrol. – qualified
  • No. 44 M. de Prandieres, 6 seats, system Serpollet and petrol combined. – qualified

(Note - Le Petit Journal does not show an itinerary 3, presumably either a misprint or changed plan.)

• Itinerary 4 – Paris to Rambouillet via Versailles and Dampierre-en-Yvelines:
  • No. 7 M. Gautier, 4 seats, petrol. – qualified
  • No. 18 M. Archdeacon, 6–7 seats, steam. – qualified
  • No. 19 M. Le Blant, 8–10 seats, steam. – qualified
  • No. 42 M. Le Brun, 4 seats, petrol. – qualified

• Itinerary 5 – Paris to Corbeil-Essonnes via Versailles and Palaiseau:
  • No. 4 M. de Dion, victoria 4 people, steam. - qualified
  • No. 16 M. Quantin, 6 seats, petrol - did not qualify
  • No. 27 MM. Les fils de Peugeot frères, 2 seats, petrol - qualified
  • No. 29 MM. Les fils de Peugeot frères, 4 seats, petrol. – Did not qualify
  • No. 40 M Lemoigne, 4 seats, 'gravity powered'. Note – Did not show or was eliminated.

(Sources show 3 or 5 vehicles on this route and variance over qualification)

• Itinerary 6 – Paris to Précy-sur-Oise via Gennevilliers and L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise:
  • No. 12 M. Tenting, 4 seats, petrol. Note – Did not qualify for Paris-Rouen.
  • No. 14 MM. Panhard et Levassor, 4 seats, (New type) petrol. – qualified
  • No. 24 M. Alfred Vacheron, 2 seats, petrol. – did not qualify until Saturday 21st
  • No. 31 MM. Les fils de Peugeot frères, break, 5 seats, petrol. – qualified

On Friday 20 July a second qualifying event was run over two routes.^[10]

• Itinerary 1 – Paris to Mantes-la-Jolie via Bezons, Houilles and Maisons-Laffitte.
  • No. 44 M. de Prandieres, 6 seats, system Serpollet and petrol combined - qualified
  • No. 60 M. Le Blant, Serpollet, 9 seats, steam - qualified
  • No. 64 M. Émile Mayade, Panhard et Levassor, 4 seats, petrol - qualified
  • No. 65 M. Albert Lemaître, Les fils de Peugeot frères, 4 seats, petrol - qualified

• Itinerary 2 – Paris to Corbeil-Essonnes
  • No. 61 M. Roger de Montais, De Montais, 2 seat tricycle, petrol - qualified
  • No. 85 M. Émile Roger, Benz, 2 seats, petrol - qualified

On Saturday 21 July a third qualifying event was run from Paris to Poissy.

• • No. 53 M. de Bourmont (de Bourmont, 4 seats, petrol) - qualified
  • No. 24 M. Alfred Vacheron, 2 seats, petrol - qualified

Race

At 8am on 22 July the 21 qualifiers started from Porte Maillot and went via the Bois de Boulogne, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Courbevoie, Nanterre, Chatou, Le Pecq, Poissy, Triel-sur-Seine, Vaux-sur-Seine, and Meulan, to Mantes where they stopped for lunch from 12:00 until 13:30, whence they set off to Vernon, Eure, Gaillon, Pont-de-l'Arche, and 'Champ de Mars' at Rouen.

Count de Dion was first into Rouen after 6 hours 48 minutes at an average speed of 19 km/h (12 mph). He finished 3 min 30 sec ahead of Albert Lemaître (Peugeot), Auguste Doriot (Peugeot) (16 min 30 sec back), Hippolyte Panhard (Panhard) (33 min 30 sec) and Émile Levassor (Panhard) (55 min 30 sec).^[3][5][9]

Prizes

On Tuesday 24 July Le Petit Journal announced the prizes :^[6]

• First prize, the Prix du Petit Journal for the competitor whose car comes closest to the ideal. 5,000 francs was shared equally between MM. Panhard et Levassor and 'Les fils de Peugeot Frères'.
• Second prize, the Prix Marinoni. 2,000 francs was awarded to MM. de Dion, Bouton et Cie for their interesting steam tractor that works like a horse and gives both absolute speed and pulling power up hills.
• Third prize, the Prix Marinoni. 1,500 francs was awarded to M. Maurice Le Blant for his nine-seater vehicle poweered by the 'systeme Serpollet'.
• Fourth prize, the Prix Marinoni. 1,000 francs was shared between two manufacturers, MM. Alfred Vacheron (No. 24) and Le Brun (No. 42).
• Fifth prize, the Prix Marinoni. 500 francs was awarded to M. Roger (No. 85)

Results for Paris-Rouen

Position Overall	Number	Driver / Entrant	Make	Power	People	Time Overall	Position at Mantes	Time Paris-Mantes circa 50 km	Time Mantes-Rouen circa 80 km
1	4	Jules-Albert, Count de Dion, Bouton	De Dion-Bouton	Steam	4	6 h 48 m 00 s or 5 h 40 m[11]	2	2 h 38 m	4 h 10 m
2	65	Albert Lemaître – 'Les fils de Peugeot Frères'	Peugeot	Petrol	4	6 h 51 m 30 s or 5 h 45 m[11]	1	2 h 36 m	4 h 15 m
3	28	Auguste Doriot – 'Les fils de Peugeot Frères'	Peugeot	Petrol	4	7 h 04 m 30 s or 5 h 50 m[11]	4	2 h 44 m	4 h 20 m
4	13	Hippolyte Panhard – MM. Panhard et Levassor	Panhard et Levassor	Petrol	4	7 h 21 m 30 s or 6 h 3 m [11]	5	2 h 48 m	4 h 33 m
5 or 7[11]	15	Émile Levassor – MM. Panhard et Levassor	Panhard et Levassor	Petrol	2	7 h 43 m 30 s or 6 h 30 m [11]	3	2h 43 m	5 h 0 m
6 or 5[11]	31	Émile Kraeutler – 'Les fils de Peugeot Frères'	Peugeot	Petrol	4	7 h 46 m 30 s or 6 h 7 m[11]	10	3 h 9 m	4 h 37 m
7 or 8[11]	64	Émile Mayade	Panhard et Levassor	Petrol	4	8 h 09 m 00 s or 6 h 49 m[11]	6	2 h 50 m	5 h 19 m
8 or 6[11]	42	A. Le Brun	Le Brun	Petrol	4	8 h 12 m 00 s or 6 h 24 m[11]	13	3 h 18 m	4 h 54 m
9 or 10[11]	30	Michaud – 'Les fils de Peugeot Frères'	Peugeot	Petrol	3	8 h 25 m 00 s or 7 h 2 m[11]	7	2 h 53 m	5 h 32 m
10 or 13[11]	14	Dubois – MM. Panhard et Levassor	Panhard et Levassor	Petrol	4	8 h 38 m 00 s or 7 h 10 m[11]	8	2 h 58	5 h 40 m
11 or 12[11]	27	Louis Rigoulot – 'Les fils de Peugeot Frères'	Peugeot Type 5	Petrol	2	8 h 41 m 00 s or 7 h 5 m[11]	12	3 h 16 m	5 h 35 m
12 or 11[11]	24	Alfred Vacheron	Vacheron / Panhard	Petrol	2	8 h 42 m 30 s or 7 h 3 m[11]	11	3 h 9 m	5 h 33 m
13 or 9[11]	53	De Bourmont	de Bourmont	Petrol	4	8 h 51 m 00 s or 7 h 1 m[11]	15	3 h 21 m	5 h 31 m
14	85	Émile Roger	Benz	Petrol		10 h 01 m 00 s or 8 h 9 m[11]	16	3 h 22 m	6 h 39 m
15	60	Maurice Le Blant	Serpollet	Steam	8	10 h 43 m 00 s or 8 h 50 m[11]	17	3 h 23 m	7 h 20 m
16	7	Pierre Gautier	Gautier–Wehrlé	petrol	4	12 h 24 m 30 s	19	4 h 17 m	8 h 7 m
17	18	Ernest Archdeacon	Serpollet	Steam	6	13 h 00 m 00 s	14	3 h 20 m	9 h 40 m
Stopped	44	De Prandiéres	Serpollet	steam	4	Nanterre – broken wheel[7]		retired	out
Stopped	19	Étienne le Blant	Serpollet	steam	10	Motor	20	4 h 39 m	retired
Stopped	10	J. Scotte	Scotte	steam	8	Motor	9	3 h 8 m	retired
Stopped	61	Roger de Montais	De Montais	Petrol		2	18	4 h 0 m	retired

Table sources.^{[5][11][12][13]}

List of applicants

Result	No.	Entrant Manufacturer	City	Seats	Engine type
No show	1	Rousselet	Paris	4	gravity
No show	2	Edouard Pellorce	Neuilly-sur-Seine		petrol
Did not qualify	3	De Dion-Bouton et C°	Puteaux	4	steam
Started	4	De Dion-Bouton et C°	Puteaux	6	steam
No show	5	Le Maitre	Paris	4	steam
No show	6	Roussat	Paris	4	hydraulic
Started	7	Gautier P	Paris	4	petrol
No show	8	Hidien	Châteauroux	4	steam
No show	9	Victor Popp	Paris	4	air compressor
Started	10	Scott J	Épernay	8	steam
No show	11	Klaus Th	Lyon	4	petrol
Did not qualify	12	Tenting	Paris	4	petrol
Started	13	Panhard & Levassor	Paris	4	petrol
Started	14	Panhard & Levassor	Paris	4	petrol
Started	15	Panhard & Levassor	Paris	4	petrol
No show	16	Quantio	Roubaix	6	petrol
No show	17	Rodier, Roche et Sabatier	Bagnols-sur-Cèze		gas
Started	18	Archdeacon M E (or Serpollet)	Paris	7	petrol (or steam)
Started	19	Le Blant	Paris	10	steam
No show	20	Paraire G	Château-Thierry		steam
No show	21	Letar Alexandre	Paris	4	steam
No show	22	Gaillardet	Petit Gennevilliers	4	steam
No show	23	Varennes	Paris	3	steam
Started	24	Vacheron Alfred	Monthermé	2	gasoline
No show	25	Coquatrix	Paris	4	steam
No show	26	Leval	Paris	4	baricycle?
Started	27	Peugeot Fils et frères	Valentigney	4	gasoline
Started	28	Peugeot Fils et frères	Valentigney	4	gasoline
Did not qualify	29	Peugeot Fils et frères	Valentigney	4	gasoline
Started	30	Peugeot Fils et frères	Valentigney	4	gasoline
Started	31	Peugeot Fils et frères	Valentigney	4	gasoline
No show	32	Darras L	Bruay	tricycle	steam
No show	33	Geoffroy M P			steam
No show	34	Geoffroy M P			steam
No show	35	Geoffroy M P			steam
No show	36	Gillot Jules	Maubeuge	4	petrol
No show	37	Loubiere Albert	La Ferté-sous-Jouarre	6	gravity
No show	38	Duchemin A	Paris	4
No show	39	Ponsot	Paris	4	Oil?
No show	40	Lemoigne Louis	Fougères	4	gravity
No show	41	Bargogli	Paris	4	petrol
Started	42	Le Brun A	Rouen	4	petrol
No show	43	Spanoghe	Antwerp, Belgium	6	steam
Started	44	de Prandieres M	Lyon	6	Serpollet steam
No show	45	Cornequet	Paris	8	automatic
No show	46	Matin-Cudrez F	Paris	2	steam
No show	47	Barthelemy Cesar	Yèbles	3	gravity
No show	48	Leblanc	Ay, Marne	6	steam
No show	49	Valentin J M	Bruyères	3	gravity
No show	50	Werstein	Paris	3	pedals
Result	No.	Entrant	City	Seats	Engine type
No show	51	Lepape	Paris	4	petrol
No show	52	Société Parisienne de constructions Velo	Paris	4	air compressor
Started	53	de Bourmont M	Arcachon	4	petrol
No show	54	Froger Elie	Feneu	4	petrol
No show	55	De Dion-Bouton et C°	Puteaux	4	petrol
No show	56	Lebrun M	Roches-Bettaincourt	4	automatic
No show	57	Seunier M		4	petrol
No show	58	Barbier et Marcillet	Paris	3	steam
No show	59	Bezamat	Colombes	4	steam
Started	60	Le Blant Maurice	Paris	9	steam
Started	61	de Montais Roger	Beauvroit	2	petrol
No show	62	Mallarme	Gentilly		steam
No show	63	Tissandier et Lacombe	Agen		petrol
Started	64	Panhard & Levassor	Paris		petrol
Started	65	Peugeot Fils et frères	Valentigney	4	gasoline
No show	66	Museur L et Cordonnier E	Masnières	4	steam
No show	67	Lebesgue	Paris		petrol
No show	68	Garnier E et Delannoy G	Beauvois	4	combination
No show	69	de Malapert et Barriere	Paris	4	liquid
No show	70	Fays – Poisson	Gigny	6	gravity
No show	71	Klaus Th	Lyon	2 tricycle	petrol
No show	72	Tamarelle – Capeyron	Bergerac	5	steam
No show	73	Pretot	Paris	4	petrol
No show	74	Mayer Raoul	Chevanceaux	2 quadracycle	steam
No show	75	Dessaux Charles	Paris	2 tricycle	gravity
No show	76	Tirant Georges	Baissy		steam
No show	77	Reverseau	Paris	4	automatic
No show	78	Berthaud	Lyon	8	air compressor
No show	79	Baudet A	Paris	4	steam
No show	80	Quantin	Boulogne	6	steam
No show	81	Becherel	Paris	2 tricycle	steam
No show	82	Monges	Paris	4	electric
No show	83	Suodais	Fontenay	6	electric
No show	84	Plantard	Paris	4	air compressor
Started	85	Roger	Paris	2	petrol
No show	86	Garrard Garrard & Blumfield	Birmingham Great Britain		electric
No show	87	Landry & Beyroux G		4	petrol
No show	88	Jeantaud	Paris	3	petrol
No show	89	Demont	Paris	4	steam
No show	90	Mansart	Beauvais	4	gravity
No show	91	Carli le comte	Italy	2	electric
No show	92	de Farcy	Angers	2	petrol
No show	93	Gantry	Orléans	2	gas
No show	94	Morelleras H	Angoulême		gravity
No show	95	Roze – Andrillon	Marseille	4	air compressor
No show	96	Canis	Maulan	4	propeller
No show	97	Deutsch M	Germany	2	petrol (Benz Car)
No show	98	Deutsch M	Germany	2	petrol (Benz Car)
No show	99	Bonnefils	Valence	2	petrol
No show	100	Bellanger	Le Mans	4	system
No show	101	Mary Jean	Paris	4	gas
No show	102	Barriquand M		4	hydraulic
Result	No.	Entrant	City	Seats	Engine type

See also

• Peugeot Type 5
• Peugeot Type 6/7
• Peugeot Type 8
• Paris–Bordeaux–Paris
• 1896 Paris–Marseille–Paris
• Paris–Madrid race

Notes

1. A previous motoring event had been held in 1887 but received only a single entrant. Georges Bouton and his riding mechanic, Jules-Albert, Count de Dion, completed the 2 mi (3.2 km) drive from the Bois de Boulogne to Porte Maillot in a steam-powered vehicle of their own manufacture, the genesis of the De Dion-Bouton.

References

1. Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal 19 December 1893 – Announcement
2. Le petit journal, publication of 20 December, column 1, Article 8
3. Forix, Autosport, 8W – Welcome to Who? What? Where? When? Why? on the World Wide Web. The cradle of motorsport by Rémi Paolozzi, May 28, 2003
4. Cent Ans, Concours du Petit Journal Les voitures sans chevaux.
5. Gallica, Online Archive of France. 22 July 1894. Le Petit Journal
6. Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Tuesday 24 July 1894 – Prizes
7. Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal 22 July 1894 – Race day
8. Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal 18 July 1894 – Selection around Paris
9. CC Organisation – Course Paris-Rouen
10. Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Sat 21 July 1894 – Selection II
11. Gallica, Online Archive of France. Mon 23 July 1894. Le Petit Journal – Race report.
12. The Early History of Motoring by Claude Johnson, extracted by Graces Guide
13. Provisional results

Other sources

• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Index
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal 19 December 1893 – Announcement
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Wednesday 18 July 1894 – Selection I
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Thursday 19 July 1894 – Selection report
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Friday 20 July 1894 –
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Saturday 21 July 1894 – Selection II
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Sunday 22 July 1894 – Race day
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Monday 23 July 1894 – Report
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Tuesday 24 July 1894 – Prizes
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal Supplement du Dimanche. Illustre. – index
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal 6 August 1894
• Gallica, Online Archive, Le Petit Journal 6 August 1894. Leaf through the magazine. :)
• The Early History of Motoring by Claude Goodman Johnson

Gallery

• 

  de Dion-Bouton
  steam Voiture a boggie
  Count de Dion finished first
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Gautier–Wehrlé
  (petrol)
  Pierre Gautier finished 19th
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Panhard et Levassor
  'Phaeton a petrole'
  Émile Levassor finished 5th
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Panhard et Levassor
  petrol Phaeton
  Hippolyte Panhard finished 4th
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Panhard et Levassor
  Nouveau type
  Dubois finished ninth
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Peugeot Type 5 Vis a vis
  3 hp
  Auguste Doriot finished 3rd
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Peugeot Type 5 Phaeton
  petrol,
  Louis Rigoulot finished 11th
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Victoria Peugeot
  petrol
  Did not qualify
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Serpollet
  steam car
  did not finish
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Serpollet
  steam car with 7 seats
  Ernest Archdeacon finished 16th
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

• 

  Chastel et David Serpollet
  steam
  did not finish
  Le Petit Journal – Contest for Horseless Carriages, Paris-Rouen.
  Le Petit Journal
  Sunday 22 July 1894

External links

• CC Organisation – Course Paris-Rouen
• European Motoring Museum, Drawing of the 1894 Panhard & Levassor, number 64 driven by Émile Mayade, equipped with "four-poster" draperies.
• First Competition of the Vehicles Without Horses
• Original photography by R. Girard