Hudson Super Eight

Hudson Super Eight Model 493 (1949)

The Hudson Super Eight refers to a series of eight-cylinder automobiles that the Hudson Motor Car Co. in Detroit produced between the model years 1947 and 1950.

The car had an in-line eight-cylinder engine with side-mounted valves with a displacement of 4162 cm³ (bore × stroke: 76.2 mm × 114.3 mm) and an output of 128 bhp (94 kW) at a speed of 4200 min ⁻¹ . The engine power was passed on to a three-speed gearbox (with steering wheel gearshift) and then to the rear wheels via a single-disc oil bath clutch. The hydraulic brakes acted on all four individually suspended wheels.

The only available chassis had a wheelbase of 3,073 mm. There was a four-door sedan with 6 seats and a two-door Club Coupé with 6 seats.

In 1947 the car continued to be built with only a few changes, but in 1948 a completely new, streamlined model with a flatter bonnet and a "step-down" design appeared. (You no longer got on the car, but got down, because the footwell was now let in between the side members.) The car had a 3 ″ longer wheelbase (3,150 mm) and covered rear wheel openings. This gave the impression of an upside-down bathtub.

In the following year, the Super Eight was dropped in favor of the Hudson Commodore Eight , which had been in production since 1941 .

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Gunnell, John (editor): The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 , Kraus Publications (2002), ISBN 0-87349-461-X .