Delage Type D.6.65

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Type D.6.65
Production period: 1934-1935
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Limousine , Pullman limousine , convertible , roadster
Engines: Gasoline engine :
2.7 liters
(65 hp)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 3140-3540 mm
Empty weight : 1600-1720 kg
Previous model Delage Type DS
successor Delage Type D.6.60

The Delage Type D.6.65 was a car model of the French brand Delage . There are also the notations Delage Type D6.65 and Delage Type D6 65 . The 65 stood for the engine output of 65  hp . For similarly named models see Delage Type D.6 .

description

On October 3, 1934, the national registration authority granted its registration after testing the vehicle with the number 39,919. Léon Michelat constructed the model. Delage offered the model from 1934 to 1935. The predecessor was the Delage Type DS . The successor was the Delage Type D.6.60 .

A six-cylinder engine powered the vehicles. It had a 79.25 mm bore and 90.5 mm stroke . This resulted in a displacement of 2678 cm³ and a classification of 15  Cheval fiscal . The Delage Type D.6.80 had an engine with the same cylinder dimensions but more power.

The chassis had a track width of 1440 mm at the front and 1500 mm at the rear . The wheelbase was 3140 mm for the short version, 3340 mm for the normal version and 3540 mm for the long version. The vehicles weighed between 1600 kg and 1720 kg.

The superstructures include limousines , Pullman limousines , convertibles and roadsters .

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. For this model he confirms the construction period from 1934 to 1935. Of around 112 vehicles produced, four still exist.

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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).