Delage Type D.8.100

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Delage Type D.8.100
Delage Type D.8.100
Type D.8.100
Sales designation: Type D.8.100, Type D.8.100 B
Production period: 1936-1940
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Limousine , Pullman limousine , coupé , convertible
Engines:
Otto engine : 4.3–4.7 liters
(105–110 hp)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 3400-3630 mm
Empty weight : 1850-1950 kg
Previous model Delage Type D.8

The Delage Type D.8.100 and the facelifted version Delage Type D.8.100 B were passenger car models from the French brand Delage . There is also the notation Delage Type D8.100 . The meaning of the 100 is unclear. For similarly named models see Delage Type D.8 .

description

The national registration authority tested the vehicle with the number 50.775 and granted approval on June 24, 1936. Delage offered the model from 1936 to 1938. The facelifted vehicle with the number 50.611 was registered on October 19, 1938. The predecessor was the Delage Type D.8 . There was no successor.

An eight-cylinder engine powered the vehicles. He had initially 80 mm bore and 107 mm stroke . This resulted in a displacement of 4303 cm³ , a classification of 25  Cheval fiscal and 105  hp . The second version had 84 mm bore, thus 4744 cm³ displacement, 27 CV and 110 hp. The motor data largely corresponds to the Delage Type D.8.120 .

The chassis had a track width of 1490 mm or 1500 mm and a wheelbase between 3400 and 3630 mm . Two and four-door sedans , Pullman sedans , coupé , convertible and Brougham are known bodies . The curb weight was between 1850 kg and 1950 kg.

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 gives the construction time from 1936 to 1939. 15 vehicles still exist.

Auctions

Artcurial auctioned a four-door convertible from Carrosserie Labourdette from 1937 for 286,080 euros on February 6, 2015 .

In March 2016, Bonhams offered a 1936 Coupé-Chauffeur from Franay and hoped for a price of 310,000 to 360,000 euros, but could not auction the vehicle.

Just a few days later, Osenat achieved a price of 318,000 euros for a convertible from 1936.

Osenat reached 57,240 euros for a sedan from Autobineau in June 2018 .

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.8.100  - collection of pictures, 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 February 2015 (English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)
  3. ↑ Auction March 2016 (English, accessed March 1, 2020)
  4. ↑ Auction March 2016 (English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)
  5. ↑ Auction June 2018 (French, accessed March 1, 2020)