Automobile

Automobiles were an extremely rare and opulent form of transportation in the west during the time of Red Dead Redemption. Produced in any significant numbers less than a decade prior, automobiles would have been considered rare contraptions even in wealthy urban areas.

Players will encounter an early Darracq 'Perfecta' automobile, that has been modified with plate steel armor and a Maxim Gun. This vehicle will feature in at least one major gameplay mission, with Marston manning the fully-automatic weapon.

Marston will not be able to drive any automobiles in the game although there will be missions based around them.

History
The vehicle depicted in trailers is most likely an example of an early Darracq Perfecta. Alexandre Darracq had made a fortune from the French cycle trade in the 1890s and his 'Perfecta' works that made components for motor tricycles was one of the largest in Paris. After a number of false starts it was not until 1900 that he marketed his first successful motorcar. It had a vertical front-mounted single-cylinder engine, over 700 being sold in the first year.

1908 was a landmark year for automobiles. The model-T Ford began production and a race around the world was held in New York with a finish line at Paris. Only three of the six contestants completed the race. The automobile was described as "the most fragile and capricious thing on earth."