Duesenberg went under in 1937, five years after co-founder Fred Duesenberg's death, but was the quality of the straight eight ...

But, unquestionably, its most exciting feature was the powerful straight-eight. Displacing 419.7 ci (7 liters), the engine incorporated Duesenberg's race-tested know-how, providing an ...

By 1921, they were already manufacturing and selling (with moderate success, impeccable mechanics, and outrageously high price) their first car, the Duesenberg Straight 8. Photo: YouTube/Lou Costa ...

It was the first mass-produced automobile to have a straight-eight engine and four-wheel hydraulic brakes. Not only was it the first car built solely under the Duesenberg name, but it also stayed ...

Any answer that's not a straight-8 is wrong. I'm going with the Duesenberg: The straight-8 is an underappreciated engine. It has all the fuel efficiency of a V8, but takes up twice as much space ...

Frequently associated with Bugatti in Europe and Duesenberg in the US, the straight-eight was, however, also used by other car manufacturers which have a stronger connection with the modern era.

twin-cam 32-valve straight Eight. Peugeot was first with four-valve heads, in 1912, and Bugatti had three-valve heads in the 1920s, so Duesenberg was really using European technology, but on a ...

1935-duesenberg-ssj-35-1-jpg All images copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Photos by Mathieu Heurtault. 1935-duesenberg-ssj-07-1-jpg All images copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company.

Isotta and Leyland were the earliest adopters of the I-8 format in 1919 and 1920, respectively, with Duesenberg and Bugatti following close behind. Straight-eights were common from the '20s ...

This was the Duesenberg straight-8, which they would put into their first production model in 1921. The same years saw a Duesenberg win the French Grand Prix, the first time an American company ...

A Detroit street-racing legend and a supersize 1920s coupe built for a giant are the latest cars to join the Historic Vehicle Register, America’s official list of vehicles that achieved ...