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It was the largest and most expensive car ever built by Hispano-Suiza. [2] [3] It replaced the Hispano-Suiza H6. [6] The J12 was only available as a chassis, buyers having to arrange with an outside coachbuilder to add a body. [11] Hispano-Suiza suspended automobile production in 1938 to concentrate on the manufacture of aircraft engines. [12] [13]
It is the most valuable American car ever made and one of the most valuable cars in the world; estimated at around US$50 million dollars. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Twenty Grand is the most valuable and flagship vehicle of the Nethercutt Collection and the family's car collection, where it was fully restored by J.B. Nethercutt and painted in its ...
An additional 100 orders were filled in 1930. Thus, the Model J fell short of the original goal to sell 500 cars a year. [9] Most engine and chassis were made in 1929 and 1930, but due to the Depression, high price, etc., ended up sold and bodied throughout subsequent years. Thus the year for a given Model J usually refers to the latter.
Pages in category "1930s cars" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 259 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR “Uhlenhaut Coupé” is the most expensive classic car in the world. It was designed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut, who gave it a 3.0-litre straight-eight race engine that ...
The "Duesenberg II" retained the styling of the cars from the 1920s and 1930s, but included some modern updates, such as stereo systems, air conditioning, and an automatic transmission. [18] Each "Duesenberg II" was precisely measured using an original example as a template. Over 5,000 manhours of craftsmanship was put into each car. [19]
Among his most expensive and coveted automobiles is the 1984 Lamborghini Countach QV (one sold for $258,500 in 2018) and the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT (one sold for $1.87 million in 2024). Ralph ...
DeSoto (and Chrysler) touted all of its Airflow bodies as "futuristic" in an age of streamlining, but the public found the cars to be too different in a time of economic uncertainty. While Chrysler's cars looked better, with the Airflow bodies stretched over their longer wheelbases, the shorter 115" wheelbase of the DeSoto made the cars seem bulky.