Delage Type DI-50

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Type DI-50
Production period:	1939-1940
Class :	Middle class
Body versions :	Limousine , coupe
Engines:	Gasoline engine : 2.4 liters (59 hp)
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Wheelbase :	2950 mm
Empty weight :	1300 kg
Previous model	Delage Type DI-12

The Delage Type DI-50 was the penultimate car model from the French brand Delage . There is also the notation Delage Type DI 50 . The interpretation of the letter I as number 1 occurs but is incorrect.

description

The national registration authority tested the vehicle with the number 50.293 and approved it on November 10, 1938. Delage offered the model from 1939 to 1940. The predecessor was the Delage Type DI-12 . There was no successor.

A four-cylinder engine powered the vehicles. It had 84 mm bore and 107 mm stroke . That resulted in a displacement of 2372 cm³ . For tax purposes, the engine was classified as 14  Cheval fiscal and developed 59  hp .

The chassis had a track width of 1380 mm at the front and 1460 mm at the rear . The wheelbase was 2950 mm. The curb weight was given as 1300 kg. The vehicle was on the price list as a sedan and coupé .

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 1939 to 1940. One 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).