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At the turn of the last century, Iowa bicycle makers August and Fred Duesenberg tinkered with gasoline engines and by 1913 the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company was manufacturing cars. The company failed, but it developed an engine that did well in the Indianapolis 500. They used their experience building aircraft engines during World War I for the military to design their famous straight-eight engine.
Manufactured by the Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Company, the early Duesenberg was designed to be the ultimate road car, based on the extensive racing experience of August and Fred Duesenberg. The Duesenberg Eight-in-a-Row motor car was advertised in 1920 as an 'Automobile for the Connoisseur, Built to Outclass, Outrun and Outlast any Car on the Road.' Although now referred to as the Model A, the company only called it the '8 in a Row' or the 'Straight 8.' The Model A designation was coined by the public after the Model J was introduced in the late 1920s. The Model A is the first car built by the Duesenberg brothers from 1921 to 1926. It was an extremely advanced automobile with prices starting at $6,500 for the chassis only. The engine was the first 'mass-produced' straight eight-cylinder engine in the United States and featured a single overhead camshaft and four-valve cylinder heads. It offered the first hydraulic brakes in a United States passenger car. It was lighter and smaller but more powerful than its competitors and the fastest car of its time. It won the Indianapolis 500 three out of four years it was entered and it was purchased by many celebrities including Rudolph Valentino. Only 650 Model As were built over the entire six-year model run.
This Model A Dual Windshield Phaeton with coachwork by Rubay is equipped with a Duesenberg race engine originally owned by Fred Duesenberg.
Manufactured by the Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Company, the early Duesenberg was designed to be the ultimate road car, based on the extensive racing experience of August and Fred Duesenberg. The Duesenberg Eight-in-a-Row motor car was advertised in 1920 as an 'Automobile for the Connoisseur, Built to Outclass, Outrun and Outlast any Car on the Road.' Although now referred to as the Model A, the company only called it the '8 in a Row' or the 'Straight 8.' The Model A designation was coined by the public after the Model J was introduced in the late 1920s. The Model A is the first car built by the Duesenberg brothers from 1921 to 1926. It was an extremely advanced automobile with prices starting at $6,500 for the chassis only. The engine was the first 'mass-produced' straight eight-cylinder engine in the United States and featured a single overhead camshaft and four-valve cylinder heads. It offered the first hydraulic brakes in a United States passenger car. It was lighter and smaller but more powerful than its competitors and the fastest car of its time. It won the Indianapolis 500 three out of four years it was entered and it was purchased by many celebrities including Rudolph Valentino. Only 650 Model As were built over the entire six-year model run.
This Model A Dual Windshield Phaeton with coachwork by Rubay is equipped with a Duesenberg race engine originally owned by Fred Duesenberg.
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1925 Duesenberg Model A Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Duesenberg Model A
(Data based on Model Year 1925 sales)
1925 Duesenberg Model A Speedster Chassis#: 1078 Sold for USD$128,800 2020 RM Sothebys : Scottsdale Arizona | |
1925 Duesenberg Model A Four-Passenger Sport Phaeton by Millspaugh & Irish Chassis#: 1080 Sold for USD$236,500 2019 RM Sothebys : Hershey | |
1925 Duesenberg Model A Touring by Millspaugh & Irish Chassis#: 989 Sold for USD$264,000 2014 Motor City Auction by RM Auctions | |
1925 Duesenberg Model A Touring Sold for USD$253,000 2010 Gooding and Company - Pebble Beach Auctions | |
1925 Duesenberg Model A Phaeton Chassis#: 675 Sold for USD$104,500 2010 RM Auctions - Automobiles of Amelia Island | |
1925 DUESENBERG MODEL A PHAETON Sold for USD$90,000 2001 Kruse Auction - Auburn, IN |
Duesenberg Model As That Failed To Sell At Auction
1925 Duesenberg Model A's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
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