• Lightweight sporting voiturette from a premier French make • Formerly part of the Lips Collection • Purchased in 2004 Production of the first Delage cars commenced at Courbevoie-sur-Seine in 1905, its earliest efforts being powered by a single-cylinder, De Dion-type engine.

Early production was concentrated on light cars, and Delage enjoyed some considerable success in contemporary voiturette racing.

Delage were to use other proprietary engines from such manufacturers as Chapuis Dornier and Ballot before manufacturing their own engines for all models.

Their 10hp models were powered variously by De Dion and Ballot.

The Bühners purchased this sporting 10hp Delage at a Bonhams' Henley-on-Thames sale on 16th July 2004 (Lot 261).

A compact two-seater voiturette, the Delage was offered from the Lips Collection, which had acquired it in 1969 from the previous Marseille-based owner, who described the car then as "en parfait état entièrement restaure".

The two-seater coachwork, with ind...