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Delâge realized the enormous potential for the automobile as demand soon began to outstrip production. Filled with innovative ideas, in 1905 he raised enough money to open an assembly plant in a converted barn in
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Louis Delâge was nearly 60 when he found himself in a financial crisis worsened by his divorce. He sought solace in his
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