Delage Type CO

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Delage Type CO
Delage Type CO
Type CO
Sales designation: Type CO, Type CO E , Type CO.2
Production period: 1916-1924
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring car , landaulet , sedan , roadster , coupe
Engines:
Petrol engine : 4.0-4.5 liters
(46-80 hp)
Length:
Width: 1680 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3430-3675 mm
Empty weight : 1950 kg
successor Delage Type GL
The vehicle from the 2018 auction: Delage Type CO from 1920
The vehicle from the 2010 auction: Delage Type CO.2 from 1923

The Delage Type CO was a series of passenger cars from the French brand Delage . They included Delage Type CO E , Delage Type CO and Delage Type CO.2 .

description

Type CO E

The national approval authority tested the type CO E with the number 6047 and the engine number 15001 and issued the approval on February 22, 1916. On September 7, 1916, the same vehicle with engine number 101 was registered. The reason for the double check is unclear, especially since no differences in the engine, transmission or chassis have been recorded. The French military took away many of these vehicles. Delage offered this version from 1916 to around 1917.

The vehicles were powered by a self-made six-cylinder CO type engine . It had a 75 mm bore and 150 mm stroke . That resulted in 3976 cc displacement and 18  Cheval fiscal . The engine developed 46  hp .

The chassis had a track width of 1440 mm . The wheelbase was 3430 mm for the normal version and 3675 mm for the long version.

The following bodies have been passed down: torpedo or touring car with four doors, skiff with three seats, landaulet , limousine with four doors, roadster and coupé .

Type CO

The following Type CO received its type approval on July 27, 1917 . Vehicle 6268 with engine 103 was tested. This model was offered from 1917 to 1921. The engine was Type 6.O with no explanation of what the letter O means. 80 mm bore, 150 mm stroke, 4524 cm³ displacement, 20 CV and 70 HP engine power were his data. After the First World War it received four-wheel brakes. One source gives a vehicle width of 1680 mm and an empty weight of 1950 kg .

Type CO.2

This version can be seen as the successor to the Delage Type GS . It was type-tested with vehicle 10,596 and engine 117 on February 3, 1923. The construction period was from 1923 to 1924. The engine of the type 6.OS had the same cylinder dimensions, but was rated with 22 CV and made 80 HP. A source gives an incorrect vehicle length of 3680 mm, which does not match the chassis length, and confirms a vehicle width of 1680 mm and an empty weight of 1950 kg.

The Delage Type GL was the successor in 1924.

Automobile sport

On August 28, 1921, Bouchayer fielded a Type CO in the Laffrey hill climb near Grenoble . It took first place in its displacement class.

Numbers of units and surviving vehicles

Peter Jacobs from the Delage Register of Great Britain compiled an overview of production figures and the number of vehicles that still exist in October 2006. His information on the construction times differ in some cases from the information given by the book authors. Numbers of the models before the First World War are unknown. For this model he gives the different construction time from 1917 to 1924. 1390 Type CO and 200 Type CO.2 were produced, of which 13 and 10 still exist.

Auctions

On July 10, 2013, Artcurial auctioned a Type CO from 1920 with a body as a coupé chauffeur from the coachbuilder Boulogne et Fils for 69,793 euros .

Sotheby’s also offered a Type CO from 1920 on September 5, 2018 with a similar body, called Salamanca , and expected a price of £ 120,000 to £ 150,000 , but did not sell the vehicle.

Bonhams had already offered a Type CO.2 from 1923 as a Dual Cowl Tourer on November 13, 2010, but was unable to sell the vehicle at an estimated price of 140,000 to 180,000 euros.

literature

  • Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 (English).

Web links

Commons : Delage Type CO  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre Lachet: Technical data for the Type CO on the Autocyber page (French, accessed on February 20, 2020)
  2. ↑ Pierre Lachet: Technical data for the Type CO.2 on the Autocyber page (French, accessed on February 20, 2020)
  3. ^ Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Volume 2. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 , pp. 13 (English).
  4. ↑ Auction 2013 (accessed March 1, 2020)
  5. ↑ Auction 2018 (accessed March 1, 2020)
  6. ↑ 2010 auction (accessed March 1, 2020)