#Émile Claveau

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Claveau Descartes, 1948. Another debutante at the 35th Paris Mondial de l'Automobile. An advanced 6 passenger luxury saloon by Émile Claveau with a SOHC alloy 2.3 litre V8 engine driving the front wheels through a 5 speed gearbox. The bodywork was fabricated from an alloy of aluminium and copper called Duralinox. Claveau had presented the car in model form a year before but 75 years ago this weekend he showed a fully working prototype that had been built with the cooperation of Aluminium Français. The Descartes had a drag coefficient of 0.29 and a top speed of 95 mph, both remarkable for 1948. However it went no further than a single prototype

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1927 Claveau Built by Émile Claveau, Paris, France.The car is a prototype from circa 1927 that was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1928.