Rolland-Pilain

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1923 build straight-8-engine; 1968 cc; 100 PS; max.rpm. 5,300; 180 km/h. Driver in car 19 is Louis Wagner.
Driver in car 13 is Victor Héméry.
Source1: “Autorennen” / Adriano Cimarosti
Source2: “The Classic Twin-Cam Engine” / Griffith Borgeson

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Pics of the only Rolland-Pilain known to survive in the world. [Museé Malartre at Rochetaillée, near Lyon]

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[Classification = Group 4 (like Delage, but without small springs)]