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The design's initial price tag of US$20,000 ($470,746 in 2023 dollars [1]) during the height of the Great Depression infamously gave it its nickname of Twenty Grand. [2] It is widely considered to be the most famous Duesenberg ever built and the pioneer of the ultra-luxury car design, making it one of the most valuable cars in the world at $50 ...
A Duesenberg car was the first American car to win a Grand Prix race, winning the 1921 French Grand Prix. Duesenbergs won the Indianapolis 500 in 1922 (when eight of the top ten finishers were Duesenbergs), 1924, 1925 and 1927. Transportation executive Errett Lobban Cord acquired the Duesenberg corporation in 1926. The company was sold and ...
The winning car at the 2022 event is a fabulous 1932 Duesenberg Model J Figoni Sports Torpedo.
A fact from Duesenberg appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know ... that a Duesenberg car was the first American car to win a French Grand Prix , doing so in 1921?
A Duesenberg marketing slogan was that the only car that could pass a Duesenberg was another Duesenberg—and that was with the first owner's consent. [19] Reinforcing this claim was the powerful 320 hp (239 kW) supercharged "SJ" model developed on the 142.5 in (362 cm) wheelbase [20] by Fred Duesenberg and introduced in May 1932. [7]
The 2022 edition of the revered car contest also celebrated the 100th anniversary of both Lincoln and Le Mans, and raised $2.7 million for charity. A 1932 Duesenberg Wins Best of Show at This Year ...
Duesenberg Coupé Simone is a fictional coupé luxury car allegedly branded by Duesenberg in the late 1930s. It first emerged in 1997, when the magazine Automobile ran a feature story about a unique "lost" Duesenberg car found in a barn, while admitting at the end that the car and the related backstory were made up.
Buehrig was honored by the Scarab Club in Detroit, an artists' club with a show of his work and asking him to sign the beam in the banquet hall. [citation needed] During that event he revealed that one of his favorite vehicles was the Duesenberg 20 Grand, which was developed for the Chicago World's Fair of 1933 along with three other vehicles.