De Dion-Bouton Type E

The Type E was a rear-engined De Dion-Bouton voiturette of 1900, an upgraded version of the Type D that kept the same engine as the car it replaced. It belonged to the family of light two-seat cars that grew out of the 1899 vis a vis design, in which the single-cylinder engine sat under the rear seat and drove the rear wheels through a two-speed gearbox. The Type D was developed through the Types E, G, I and J, the line that led on to the larger front-engined cars the company built from 1901.