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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">French automobile manufacturer</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the ancient Roman dough, see <a href="/wiki/Tracta_(dough)" title="Tracta (dough)">Tracta (dough)</a>. For the genus of moths, see <a href="/wiki/Tracta_(moth)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracta (moth)"><i>Tracta</i> (moth)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">SA des Automobiles Tracta (Tracta)</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_Tracta.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Emblem_Tracta.JPG/220px-Emblem_Tracta.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Emblem_Tracta.JPG/330px-Emblem_Tracta.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Emblem_Tracta.JPG/440px-Emblem_Tracta.JPG 2x" data-file-width="762" data-file-height="525" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:1930TractaE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/1930TractaE.jpg/220px-1930TractaE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/1930TractaE.jpg/330px-1930TractaE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/1930TractaE.jpg/440px-1930TractaE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Tracta Type E</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1926</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">1934</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Versailles_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Versailles (city)">Versailles</a> initially<br /><a href="/wiki/Asni%C3%A8res-sur-Seine" title="Asnières-sur-Seine">Asnières</a> subsequently</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Albert_Gr%C3%A9goire" title="Jean-Albert Grégoire">Jean-Albert Grégoire</a><br />Pierre Fenaille</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">Automobiles</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tracta</b> was a French car maker based in <a href="/wiki/Asni%C3%A8res-sur-Seine" title="Asnières-sur-Seine">Asnières</a>, Seine, that was active between 1926 and 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-Beaulieu_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaulieu-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were pioneers of <a href="/wiki/Front-wheel-drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Front-wheel-drive">front-wheel-drive</a> vehicles. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_business">The business</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The business was directed and cars were designed by the engineer <a href="/wiki/Jean-Albert_Gr%C3%A9goire" title="Jean-Albert Grégoire">Jean-Albert Grégoire</a>, who controlled the business, with financial support from his friend Pierre Fenaille.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1929_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1929-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_cars">The cars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The cars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paris_-_Bonhams_2017_-_Tracta_D2_sport_-_1928_-_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Paris_-_Bonhams_2017_-_Tracta_D2_sport_-_1928_-_001.jpg/220px-Paris_-_Bonhams_2017_-_Tracta_D2_sport_-_1928_-_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Paris_-_Bonhams_2017_-_Tracta_D2_sport_-_1928_-_001.jpg/330px-Paris_-_Bonhams_2017_-_Tracta_D2_sport_-_1928_-_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Paris_-_Bonhams_2017_-_Tracta_D2_sport_-_1928_-_001.jpg/440px-Paris_-_Bonhams_2017_-_Tracta_D2_sport_-_1928_-_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>1928 Type D2 Sport</figcaption></figure> <p>The cars were initially built in small numbers for competition use, but they were exhibited and offered for road use at the 1927 <a href="/wiki/Paris_Motor_Show" title="Paris Motor Show">Paris Motor Show</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Georgano_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Georgano-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They used a front-wheel-drive system featuring Grégoire's patented Tracta <a href="/wiki/Constant-velocity_joint" title="Constant-velocity joint">constant-velocity joint</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sliding_pillar_suspension" title="Sliding pillar suspension">sliding pillar independent front suspension</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Live_axle" class="mw-redirect" title="Live axle">live axle</a> with <a href="/wiki/Quarter-elliptic_leaf_spring" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter-elliptic leaf spring">quarter-elliptic leaf springs</a> at the rear. 1100, 1200, 1500 and 1600 cc engines made by <a href="/wiki/S.C.A.P." title="S.C.A.P.">S.C.A.P.</a> were available with optional Cozette <a href="/wiki/Supercharger" title="Supercharger">supercharger</a>. The 1500 cc car was claimed to reach 80 mph.<sup id="cite_ref-AZ1930_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AZ1930-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first cars were made in a workshop in <a href="/wiki/Versailles_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Versailles (city)">Versailles</a> but Grégoire soon moved to a small factory in <a href="/wiki/Asni%C3%A8res-sur-Seine" title="Asnières-sur-Seine">Asnières</a>. After about 140 cars were made there came a change of engines with larger six-cylinder 2.7-litre units from <a href="/wiki/Continental_Motors_Company" title="Continental Motors Company">Continental</a> and 3- and 3.3-litre ones from <a href="/wiki/Automobiles_Hotchkiss" title="Automobiles Hotchkiss">Hotchkiss</a> fitted in coupé and saloon-bodied road cars. </p><p>Notable models had the following names: </p> <ul><li>Tracta Type A</li> <li>Tracta Type A Gephi</li> <li>Tracta Type E</li> <li>Tracta Type D2 Sport</li> <li>Tracta Spéciale</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competition">Competition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1927_Tracta_Type_A_Gephi_rear.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/1927_Tracta_Type_A_Gephi_rear.jpg/220px-1927_Tracta_Type_A_Gephi_rear.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/1927_Tracta_Type_A_Gephi_rear.jpg/330px-1927_Tracta_Type_A_Gephi_rear.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/1927_Tracta_Type_A_Gephi_rear.jpg/440px-1927_Tracta_Type_A_Gephi_rear.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>1927 Type A Gephi</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="24_Hours_of_Le_Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 24 Hours of Le Mans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1927">1927</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1927"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tracta appeared at 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time in <a href="/wiki/1927_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1927 24 Hours of Le Mans">1927</a>. It brought two Type A Gephi. Car number 19 did not start due to an accident on the way to the circuit and number 20 finished 7th. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1928">1928</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1928"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three cars competed in the <a href="/wiki/1928_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1928 24 Hours of Le Mans">1928 Le Mans 24 Hour race</a>, two Type As, including one driven by Grégoire (in partnership with) himself, and one Type A Gephi. All three finished, albeit well down the field. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1929">1929</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1929"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tracta returned to <a href="/wiki/1928_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1928 24 Hours of Le Mans">Le Mans in 1929</a>, now with four cars, three Type As using supercharged 4-cylinder four-stroke engines and a fourth one, a Spéciale, with experimental two-stroke engine designed by the engineer Cozette (who at the time was better known as a designer of superchargers).<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1929_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1929-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only two of the Tractas competing in 1929 completed the race, the two-stroke experimental car retiring after 43 laps.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1929_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1929-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1930">1930</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1930"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By <a href="/wiki/1930_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1930 24 Hours of Le Mans">1930</a> only two Type As appeared a Le Mans, with an overall 8th and 9th finishing position. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_end">The end</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The end"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company failed to make money from car manufacture and production stopped in 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-Beaulieu_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beaulieu-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grégoire kept the factory at <a href="/wiki/Asni%C3%A8res-sur-Seine" title="Asnières-sur-Seine">Asnières</a> and used it for his own design and engineering work. He would use it for the chassis and engine of his "Sports Cabriolet" in the mid 1950s, following his acrimonious break with <a href="/wiki/Automobiles_Hotchkiss" title="Automobiles Hotchkiss">Hotchkiss</a> over the technically adventurous but commercially disastrous <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_Gr%C3%A9goire" title="Hotchkiss Grégoire">Hotchkiss Grégoire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Afterlife">Afterlife</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Afterlife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gr%C3%A9goire_Sport_at_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Automobile_135.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Gr%C3%A9goire_Sport_at_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Automobile_135.jpg/220px-Gr%C3%A9goire_Sport_at_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Automobile_135.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Gr%C3%A9goire_Sport_at_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Automobile_135.jpg/330px-Gr%C3%A9goire_Sport_at_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Automobile_135.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Gr%C3%A9goire_Sport_at_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Automobile_135.jpg/440px-Gr%C3%A9goire_Sport_at_Cit%C3%A9_de_l%27Automobile_135.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3448" /></a><figcaption>Hotchkiss-Grégoire Sport Cabriolet with Chapron body</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1955 Grégoire introduced an intriguing Sports Cabriolet prototype, with body by <a href="/wiki/Henri_Chapron" title="Henri Chapron">Chapron</a>, front-drive and a 2188 cc supercharged ohv <a href="/wiki/Flat_engine" title="Flat engine">boxer engine</a> ahead of the front wheels. Only four cars were built.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mechanical terms the car was closely based on the <a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_Gr%C3%A9goire" title="Hotchkiss Grégoire">car</a> Grégoire had developed for Hotchkiss in the late 1940s, but it featured a stylish new two-door body, constructed by <a href="/wiki/Henri_Chapron" title="Henri Chapron">Chapron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1957_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1957-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is not clear how seriously Grégoire contemplated selling the Sports Cabriolets exhibited in the 1950s, but they provided an impressive showcase for his engineering philosophy and talent. The car is generally described as the Grégoire Sports Cabriolet.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1957_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1957-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, Grégoire had retained rights to the Tracta name.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1957_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1957-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of the Sports Cabriolets produced turned up in October 1956 at the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Motor_Show" title="Paris Motor Show">43rd Paris Motor Show</a>: one was exhibited on the <a href="/wiki/Henri_Chapron" title="Henri Chapron">Henri Chapron</a> stand and the other on a small stand against the wall, positioned next to that of the British <a href="/wiki/AC_Cars" title="AC Cars">AC</a> company, and the identified by the name "Grégoire (Tracta)".<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia1957_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia1957-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The car was listed by the manufacturer in 1956 at 3,500,000 francs, significantly more than the 2,869,000 francs quoted at the time for the much larger and more powerful <a href="/wiki/Facel_Vega_FV" title="Facel Vega FV">Facel Vega FV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobilia195701_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobilia195701-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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London: <a href="/wiki/HMSO" class="mw-redirect" title="HMSO">HMSO</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57958-293-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-57958-293-1"><bdi>1-57958-293-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Beaulieu+Encyclopedia+of+the+Automobile&rft.place=London&rft.pub=HMSO&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1-57958-293-1&rft.aulast=Georgano&rft.aufirst=N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATracta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Automobilia1929-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Automobilia1929_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Automobilia1929_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Automobilia1929_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Toutes les voitures françaises 1929 (salon [Oct] 1928)". <i>Automobilia</i> (84). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-10-28</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Curbside+Classic&rft.atitle=Snapshot+From+1961%3A+Gregoire+Sports+Cabriolet&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curbsideclassic.com%2Fblog%2Fsnapshot-from-1961-gregoire-sports-cabriolet-front-overhang-pioneer%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATracta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Automobilia1957-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Automobilia1957_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Automobilia1957_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Automobilia1957_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Automobilia1957_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Toutes les voitures françaises 1957 (salon [Paris, Oct] 1956)". <i>Automobilia</i> (5). 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Paris: Histoire & collections: 36 & 40. 1997.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Automobilia&rft.atitle=Toutes+les+voitures+fran%C3%A7aises+1957+%28salon+%5BParis%2C+Oct%5D+1956%29&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=36+%26+40&rft.date=1997&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATracta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tracta&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1929TractaA-front.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1929 Tracta A, class winner and 7th total at the 24 hour race at Le Mans, 1929"><img alt="1929 Tracta A, class winner and 7th total at the 24 hour race at Le Mans, 1929" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/1929TractaA-front.jpg/120px-1929TractaA-front.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/1929TractaA-front.jpg/180px-1929TractaA-front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/1929TractaA-front.jpg/240px-1929TractaA-front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1929 Tracta A, class winner and 7th total at the 24 hour race at Le Mans, 1929</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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