The first car arrives in Portugal in 1895. It is a Panhard & Levassor vehicle brand, imported from Paris by Jorge Avilez de Sousa Feio, 4th Earl of Avilez.
The Panhard & Levassor was founded by René Panhard and Émile Levassor who used an engine developed by Daimler and create cars with front engine and rear wheel drive. This company is one of the first to manufacture cars for commercial purposes.
This new vehicle is very similar to its contemporaries Phaetons horse-drawn, however, the gasoline engine is the great revolution on the transport industry.
Property of ACP – Automobile Club of Portugal.
Permanently in the Transport and Communications Museum, Alfândega do Porto.
On temporary display at MNC from 01.09.2015 to 03.10.2015