The Elfe was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 automobile

Automobile

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 manufactured in Levallois

Levallois

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 from 1920 until 1925. Produced by a M. Eugène, who also founded the Bol d'Or

Bol d'or

The Bol d'or is a motorcycle endurance race, held annually in France. Originally, it was an automobile as well as motorcycle race. The automobiles were limited to 1100cc engine capacity until the 1950s when the limit was raised to 1500cc, and later to 2000cc...

 race, it began life as a cyclecar

Cyclecar

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; accommodation for its passengers was in tandem, with space for the driver in front. The engine

Engine

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, a 987 cc vee-twin Anzani

Anzani

Anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by the Italian Alessandro Anzani , which produced proprietary engines for aircraft, cars, boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy.-Overview:...

984c model, was centrally mounted. Touring cyclecars under the same badge were produced by a M. Mauve using 704 cc two-stroke vee-twin Vapor engines.