De Dion-Bouton Model K

The De Dion-Bouton Model K was a rear-entry phaeton that appeared in 1902 with an 8 CV engine of about 6 kilowatts. It followed the Model D voiturette and its derivatives, the Models E, G, I and J, which had reached 6 CV by that year, and its front-end styling resembled that of the contemporary Renault. The same year the Model O introduced three speeds, which became standard on every De Dion-Bouton by 1904. A low-priced version of the Model K, the 6 CV Type Q, joined the range once the engine had moved to the front in 1903. The Model K belongs to the years in which De Dion-Bouton was among the largest car makers in the world and supplied engines to an estimated 150 other makes.