1931 Marmon Model 16 4-Door Sedan

The Marmon V16 engine was first seen at the Chicago Auto Show in November 1930, but due to production delays, the new Marmon Sixteens were not delivered until April of the following year - at the beginning of the Great Depression. Billed as 'The World's Most Advanced Motor Car,' it was a serious competitor to Cadillac's V-16, which had gone on sale the year before. The new all-aluminum power plant was an engineering marvel as well as a work of art, earning Howard Marmon the annual design achievement award from the Society of Automotive Engineers. The 8-liter, overhead valve, 16-cylinder engine delivered 200 bhp, and a typical V16 with saloon body was capable of driving at over 95 mph. Unfortunately, given the economic downturn, few people could afford this $5,000 luxury automobile, so fewer than 400 cars were produced, and in 1933 the Marmon Motor Car Company went into receivership. This Sixteen is one of around 70 Marmons that have survived. It was shown at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours following a recent restoration by its multiple-Marmon-owning owner.