The first car in Romania was a ...? (UPDATE: 1901 Braun voiturette)

regarding #1.

Starting handle is almost horizontal in the picture (and thus poorly visible)

The car retains the orginal De Dion gear change actuation by hand wheel, as a De Dion 'D' type. It is rare to see this system still fitted on cars driven today, most have been converted.
I have personal experience of this arrangement and can confirm it is couterintuitive!

Although the car has a steering and handling system similar to De Dion, the rest of the car is very much different with the engine located beneath the front seats, What we see is a Braun voiturette probably of 1901, produced by Aug. Braun u. Comp. from Vienna. The 1901 model was described in the December 23, 1900 issue of the Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung and is almost identical except for the extra cooling arrangement at the front of the voiturette. This was probably a later and necessary adaption because engines tended to overheat rather easily during these days. How it was started remains unclear from the description. A starting handle is not visible, but obviously is in the improved model.