La Marquise

[1] It is an 1884 model made by Frenchmen De Dion, Bouton and Trépardoux.

The car was a quadricycle prototype named for de Dion's mother.

[2] It made the 32-odd-kilometre (20 mile) Paris-to-Versailles round trip at an average speed of 25.5 km/h (almost 16 mph).

[2] Fueled by coal, wood and bits of paper, the car takes 30–40 minutes to build up enough steam to drive.

[2] The vehicle was sold at the 2007 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance for $3.52 million.