Delage Type D.6.80 B

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Type D.6.80 B
Production period: 1936-1937
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Limousine , Pullman limousine , cabriolet
Engines:
Petrol engine : 3.2-3.6 liters
(90 PS)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 3350-3630 mm
Empty weight : 1550-1630 kg
Previous model Delage Type D.8.85
Delage Type D.8.105

The Delage Type D.6.80 B was a car model of the French brand Delage . There is also the spelling Delage Type B D6.80 . The meaning of the 80 is unclear. For similarly named models see Delage Type D.6 .

description

On March 14, 1936, the vehicle with the number 50.743 received its approval by the national registration authority. Delage offered the model from 1936 to 1937. Predecessors were Delage Type D.8.85 and Delage Type D.8.105 . There was no successor.

A six-cylinder engine powered the vehicles. The smaller version had 80 mm bore , 107 mm stroke , 3227 cm³ displacement , 18  Cheval fiscal as tax classification and 90  hp . The larger version had 3558 cm³ displacement and 20 CV due to a slightly larger bore of 84 mm, but still the same performance.

The chassis had a track width of 1490 mm and a wheelbase of either 3350 mm or 3630 mm .

Two and four-door sedans , Pullman sedans and convertibles are known.

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 after the takeover by Automobiles Delahaye are unknown. For this model he confirms the construction period from 1936 to 1937. It is not known whether a vehicle still exists.

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).