Duisenbergs The Name Belies A Fine European Touring Vehicle
Recall the images of the classic touring cars and automobiles that you have seen in the wonderful o fantasy musical movies of the 30's and you will have the classic for ever touring buggy - the Dusenenberg fine motor vehicle. To this day may insist that due to its Germanic Teutonic name the "Duesy" must of course be a European automotive product of the highest pedigree and vintage.
What is interesting and of great note , is that it was not that early innovators of this fine automotive tradition - the pair of the two world renowned car racing Dusenberg brothers - that resulted in this ultra fine luxury stable of products - but rather business and marketing staff and future factory owners. Indeed the model that the Duesenbeg family produced was a rather staid product. Their "Model A" was introduced at the'20 New York Auto Show and then went into full production in December'21. This Dusenberg Model "A" was from the designed from the same name racing vehicle that had won the French Grand Prix race , where its innovative hydraulic brakes had proved to be the most decisive factor in the automotive racing circuit. The A was of a most durable design and overall construct that it would later appear in the Indianapolis 500 mile race as late as'34 .
There is no question about it. The tradition and great technical innovative effects of the Model A Doozies are with us in the worldwide and US auto markets even to us in this era of 2009 / 2010 . Early mechanical and engineering starts and triumphs are fully the record of the Duesenberg A roster and include fully four wheel hydraulic brakes, which used a mixture of both water and alcohol as brake fluid and fluids. At the point in time , that the Dusenberg Models introduced full hydraulic braking mechanisms what were commonly used were standard mechanical brakes - not dissimilar to what you have installed on your bicycle.
Why was it that it took a luxury high end automotive series of products to bring the Duesenberg line of motor vehicles to the automotive historical forefront and not the innovations of the racing car brothers ? First as always is cost - that is in relation to its marketplace. Always consumers and car buyers look and compare a vehicle for purchase to other products in its market segment and niche. Its a price comparison process to the "competition" and competitive vehicles in the auto transportation marketplace. The Model A was priced over the budget of most car buyers - a hefty seven to 8 thousand dollars - which was a very large sum in the eras of the roaring'20's. Also add historical happen-chance to the mix. After all this was the era post World War 1. It was not only Duesenberg which suffered from the associated stigma of a Teutonic Germanic nameplate. The Chrysler Corporation as well suffered from the same automotive marketing issues to the American motoring public and communities.
While it can be considered that the legacy of the Doozies were the wonderful "boats" , extreme luxury vehicles popularized by the likes of European Royalty as well as American "Royalty" in the form of Hollywood movie stars it was after all the more simple and basic initial products of the Duesenberg Motor Company that overall had the greatest and lasting effects on the American and indeed worldwide European and Japanese Asian automotive industry and products. The straight eight motor power plant went on to become the auto industry base standard against which all other motors were compared and related to . It was first Packard and Buick that followed this trend , and then later with the introduction of the short stroke overhead valve V-8 engine by the General Motors G.M. divisions of Oldsmobile and the luxury vehicle of its time - the namesake Cadillac. - 2368
What is interesting and of great note , is that it was not that early innovators of this fine automotive tradition - the pair of the two world renowned car racing Dusenberg brothers - that resulted in this ultra fine luxury stable of products - but rather business and marketing staff and future factory owners. Indeed the model that the Duesenbeg family produced was a rather staid product. Their "Model A" was introduced at the'20 New York Auto Show and then went into full production in December'21. This Dusenberg Model "A" was from the designed from the same name racing vehicle that had won the French Grand Prix race , where its innovative hydraulic brakes had proved to be the most decisive factor in the automotive racing circuit. The A was of a most durable design and overall construct that it would later appear in the Indianapolis 500 mile race as late as'34 .
There is no question about it. The tradition and great technical innovative effects of the Model A Doozies are with us in the worldwide and US auto markets even to us in this era of 2009 / 2010 . Early mechanical and engineering starts and triumphs are fully the record of the Duesenberg A roster and include fully four wheel hydraulic brakes, which used a mixture of both water and alcohol as brake fluid and fluids. At the point in time , that the Dusenberg Models introduced full hydraulic braking mechanisms what were commonly used were standard mechanical brakes - not dissimilar to what you have installed on your bicycle.
Why was it that it took a luxury high end automotive series of products to bring the Duesenberg line of motor vehicles to the automotive historical forefront and not the innovations of the racing car brothers ? First as always is cost - that is in relation to its marketplace. Always consumers and car buyers look and compare a vehicle for purchase to other products in its market segment and niche. Its a price comparison process to the "competition" and competitive vehicles in the auto transportation marketplace. The Model A was priced over the budget of most car buyers - a hefty seven to 8 thousand dollars - which was a very large sum in the eras of the roaring'20's. Also add historical happen-chance to the mix. After all this was the era post World War 1. It was not only Duesenberg which suffered from the associated stigma of a Teutonic Germanic nameplate. The Chrysler Corporation as well suffered from the same automotive marketing issues to the American motoring public and communities.
While it can be considered that the legacy of the Doozies were the wonderful "boats" , extreme luxury vehicles popularized by the likes of European Royalty as well as American "Royalty" in the form of Hollywood movie stars it was after all the more simple and basic initial products of the Duesenberg Motor Company that overall had the greatest and lasting effects on the American and indeed worldwide European and Japanese Asian automotive industry and products. The straight eight motor power plant went on to become the auto industry base standard against which all other motors were compared and related to . It was first Packard and Buick that followed this trend , and then later with the introduction of the short stroke overhead valve V-8 engine by the General Motors G.M. divisions of Oldsmobile and the luxury vehicle of its time - the namesake Cadillac. - 2368
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