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[[File:100_3296.jpg|thumb|350px|1904 Darracq 'Genevieve' pictured at the 2011 Veteran Car Run London Concours]]Genevieve, from the 1953 British comedy film of the same name, is a 1904 Darracq who participates in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
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[[File:100_3296.jpg|thumb|350px|1904 Darracq 'Genevieve' pictured at the 2011 Veteran Car Run London Concours]]Genevieve, from the 1953 British comedy film of the same name, is a 1904 Darracq 12hp who participates in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
==In ''Genevieve''==
==In ''Genevieve''==
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Genevieve is owned by a young barrister named Alan McKim and his wife Wendy. Their friends, Ambrose Claverhouse, an advertising salesman, and his girlfriend Rosalind Peters are also participating on the run in their 1905 Spyker.
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Genevieve is owned by a young barrister named Alan McKim and his wife Wendy. Their friends, Ambrose Claverhouse, an advertising salesman, and his girlfriend Rosalind Peters are also participating on the run in their 1905 Spyker 12/16hp Double Phaeton.
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Claverhouse, Peters and their St. Bernard dog have a trouble-free journey to Brighton, but the McKims are less fortunate and Genevieve suffers frequent breakdowns and they arrive in Brighton very late.
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Claverhouse, Peters and their St. Bernard dog have a trouble-free journey to Brighton, but the McKims are less fortunate and Genevieve suffers frequent breakdowns and they arrive in Brighton very late.[[File:Spyker.jpg|thumb|250px|The 1905 Spyker on the 2011 Veteran Car Run]]
When they do eventually arrive, the McKims must check in to a run-down old hotel, as Alan had cancelled their usual luxurious accommodation.
When they do eventually arrive, the McKims must check in to a run-down old hotel, as Alan had cancelled their usual luxurious accommodation.