Dufaux automobile
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Dufaux was a Swiss car manufacturer established in 1904 by Charles Dufaux and Frédéric Dufaux.
The first Dufaux was built to race in the famous Gordon Bennett race, the eight-in-line engine had no less than 12, 760 cc and delivered 80 bhp (60 kW) at 1300 rpm. The brothers won a race at Geneva over a distanceof one kilometer at an average speed of 72 mph (116 km/h).
At a second race in Paris, the brothers came in second place. The car had actually been driven from Switzerland to Paris in less than 10 hours. Another model built by the brothers was given a four-cylinder engine with 26, 400 cc.
This big engine gave more than 150 bhp (110 kW). In this car, Frédéric Dufaux broke a world record on 13 November 1905, at a speed of 98 mph (158 km/h) , he completed a kilometer in just 23 seconds.
In 1906, more cars were built, with a smaller four-cylinder engine. And an eight-cylinder with 120 bhp (89 kW) was also built. In a hill climb in Marchairuz in 1906, four Dufaux models took place in the starting line, these four models were two eight-cylinders with 12'760 cc and 14, 449 cc, and a four-cylinder with 4'400 cc.
Unfortunately, the manufacture of race cars became too expensive for the two brothers, the manufacture was ceased in 1907.
