thumb|Bédélia from 1910 in 1975 at the Nürburgring
Bédélia (in English usually written as Bedelia) was the archetype of the French cyclecars.
This automobile was manufactured by the Bourbeau et Devaux Co. of Paris from 1910 to 1925 to a design by Robert Bourbeau. Rather than scaling down existing motor-car designs, Bourbeau chose to adapt mainly motor-cycle practice for his design, giving rise to the cyclecar designation. How the car was driven without a passenger is not explained. On later cars the levers were moved so that the driver could steer the car for himself. The light-weight Bedélia cyclecar's introduction was therefore timely. With the cyclecar boom over the company collapsed in 1925.
External links
- The Bédélia (in French)
- - Photo of Henri Bourbeau's Bedelia at 1913 Amiens Cyclecar Grand Prix