Delage Type D.6 (1929)

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Delage Type D.6 from 1929
Delage Type D.6 from 1929
Type D.6
Sales designation: Type D.6, Type D.6 L
Production period: 1930-1932
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Limousine , Pullman limousine , coupé , convertible
Engines: Otto engine :
3.0 liters
(72 hp)
Length: 4280-4410 mm
Width: 1700 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3114-3249 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model Delage Type DM
successor Delage Type D.8.85
Delage Type D.8.105
Delage Type D.6 during a race in Poland

The Delage Type D.6 and the derived Delage Type D.6 L were passenger car models from the French brand Delage . There are also the spellings Delage Type D-6 , Delage Type D 6 and Delage Type D6 . For similarly named models see Delage Type D.6 .

description

The national approval authority tested the Type D.6 with the number 31.712 and granted approval on October 3, 1929. The long version Type D.6 L did not receive a separate type approval . Delage offered both models from 1930 to 1932. The predecessor was the Delage Type DM . The successors were the Delage Type D.8.85 and the Delage Type D.8.105 .

The vehicles were powered by a six-cylinder M 9 engine. It had a 77 mm bore and 109 mm stroke . This resulted in a displacement of 3045 cm³ . The engine was rated 17  Cheval fiscal and made 72  hp .

The chassis had a track width of 1420 mm and a wheelbase of 3114 mm . The wheelbase of the long version was 3249 mm. The normal version was 4280 mm long and the long version 4410 mm. The width was uniformly 1700 mm.

Bodies are known as two- and four-door sedans , Pullman sedans , coupes and convertibles .

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 1930 to 1932. Of the 1160 vehicles produced, 22 still exist.

Auctions

The vehicle that has been offered several times in the closed car museum in Stainz

One vehicle that has survived has an open body from the body builder Guillaume Busson from Nanterre . In 2010 it was at a dealer for classic vehicles in the Netherlands . Then it was in the Stainz Automobile Museum . A first auction by Coys on September 26, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main on the occasion of the IAA was unsuccessful with an estimated price of 180,000 to 190,000 euros . On September 7, 2017, Coys apparently auctioned the vehicle for £ 151,875 in England . However, Coys offered the vehicle again on October 17, 2017. Between £ 130,000 and £ 150,000 were expected. There is no record of a sale. The next attempt was on May 25, 2017 in London . Again the vehicle was not sold.

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 D.6  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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).
  2. Auction September 2015 (accessed March 1, 2020)
  3. Auction September 2017 (accessed March 1, 2020)
  4. Auction October 2017 (English, accessed March 1, 2020)
  5. Auction May 2018 (accessed March 1, 2020)