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The Solanet was a French rear-engined V-8 automobile made by Count Solanet in 1921. Only one was actually built. [1]

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References

  1. David Burgess Wise (2000). The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles, BookSales Inc, 560pp, ISBN   978-0-7858-1106-0.