Farman 12 CV

The Farman 12 CV was the first car built by the Farman brothers, made in 1902 by Henry and Maurice Farman, who would later be far better known for aircraft. It was a small machine with a twin-cylinder engine rated at 12 horsepower, about 9 kilowatts. It did not prove a success, and car production stopped the same year as the brothers turned their factory to aeroplanes. The firm returned to cars only in 1919, when it presented the large six-cylinder Farman A 6, so the 12 CV stands as a single early car separated from the later luxury Farman cars by seventeen years.