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less powerful than Grand Prix racers. This category was usually called voiturette ("small car") racing and provided a means for amateur or less experienced...

A voiturette is a miniature automobile. Voiturette was first registered by Léon Bollée in 1895 to name his new motor tricycle. The term became so popular...

The Renault Voiturette (Renault Little Car) was Renault's first ever produced automobile, and was manufactured between 1898 and 1903. The name was used...

internal-combustion, touring car, roadster, tonneau, phaeton, cyclecar, light car, voiturette, runabout, high wheeler, buggy, tricar, motor quadricycle, motor tricycle...

(25 mph) was claimed. The Type 37 had a 1,400 mm (55.1 in) wheel base. The “Voiturette” format cabriolet body was 2,450 mm (96.5 in) long and provided space...

company founded by Léon Bollée in Le Mans to build a first vehicle called "Voiturette". The Bollée family, all car makers, created three brands: steam vehicles...

Grands Prix entered. It was originally developed for the pre-World War II voiturette formula (1937) and has a 1.5-litre straight-8 supercharged engine. Following...

season, as a rival to the Alfa Romeo 158 and various ERA models in the voiturette class of international Grand Prix motor racing. Although racing ceased...

significant event was the Targa Florio and that had to be merged with the voiturette race, and still only attracted eight starters. However in the USA, racing...

consequence, it also saw an increase in the number of smaller cars and voiturette racing. This gave close racing between the teams from Lion-Peugeot, Sizaire-Naudin...

Mercedes-Benz W165 is a racing car designed by Mercedes-Benz to meet voiturette racing regulations. It won its only race, the 1939 Tripoli Grand Prix...

brand of automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan, by the American Voiturette Company from 1913 to 1914. The Car-Nation roadster was an 1,100 lb (500 kg)...

The Alfa Romeo Tipo 512 was intended to replace the Alfa Romeo 158 Voiturette racing car. It was designed by Wifredo Ricart as his second car for Alfa...

out as an evolution to that of the Renault Voiturette as it is very similar to the Type C, D and E Voiturettes.[citation needed] Wikimedia Commons has media...

He managed the Scuderia Siena team and raced Maserati 1934–36, then voiturette. He died in an accident at the 1938 Tripoli Grand Prix, driving a Tipo...

slower voiturette cars in separate events, the fields were combined into one race. There was confusion at the start as some of the voiturette cars were...

Palace - Grand Touring 1965". Retrieved 18 June 2022. "1937 Crystal Palace Voiturette". Retrieved 18 June 2022. For 1969 circuit plan, and brief history of...

had met to discuss options for a new formula. The current success of voiturette racing led to a proposal for the top class to be 1.5-litre cars. Another...

in 1931. In 1930, Maserati decided to concentrate its efforts on the voiturette class, which was not contested by German manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz...

calendar. This was also a reason that 1935 saw the rise in popularity of the voiturette formula, now extended to include 1.5-litre engines. It saw close racing...