Stevens-Duryea
Stevens-Duryea was an American automobile brand.
Brand history
James Frank Duryea left the Hampden Automobile & Launch Company in 1901 . He joined the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company of Chicopee Falls , Massachusetts . In 1901 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Stevens-Duryea .
In May 1906 the Stevens-Duryea Company was founded as an independent company for vehicle production. Production initially ended in January 1915. The reason was lack of money, although it is emphasized that the company had no debt. In July 1915 the Westinghouse Electric Corporation took over the plant.
In July 1919, Ray S. Deering, Thomas L. Cowles and former employees bought the factory and the brand name. They founded Stevens-Duryea Inc. and manufactured vehicles. In the spring of 1922, bankruptcy began and lasted for 14 months. 116 new cars were built during this time.
Then came the takeover by Ray M. Owen, who previously ran the Owen Magnetic Motor Car Corporation . He carried out a reorganization. The new company name was Stevens-Duryea Motors Inc. In January 1924, production began. 200 vehicles were planned annually. In fact, only 28 vehicles were sold in 1924. In the autumn of 1925, the company announced that in future it would only produce to order. Production ended in 1927.
vehicles
Over the years there have been many different body designs such as runabout , touring cars , limousines , baby tonneau , torpedo , roadster , landaulet , coupelet, convertible phaeton , demi-berline, landau phaeton, close-coupled sport touring car, vestibule limousine, three-quarter limousine, Cabriolet , Town Brougham and Open Drive Sedan to choose from. A list can be found in the following table.
From 1901 to 1902 there was only the 5 HP . It had a two-cylinder engine with 5 hp . The chassis had a 175 cm wheelbase .
In 1903 the range remained unchanged.
1904 from the Model L . The engine now developed 7 hp.
The Model R was added in 1905 . It had a four-cylinder engine with an output of 20 hp. The wheelbase was 229 cm.
In 1906 the Model S Big Six added to the range. It had a six-cylinder engine and 50 hp. The wheelbase was 310 cm.
In 1907 the two-cylinder model was discontinued. The model U Little Six was new . Its six-cylinder engine was specified with 30/35 hp. The wheelbase was 290 cm.
1908 there was Model R , Model S and Model U . The latter had a 35 hp engine.
In 1909 Model R , Model S Big Six and Model U Little Six remained unchanged. Newly arrived Model X with a four-cylinder engine, 24 hp and 315 cm wheelbase, Model XXX also with a four-cylinder engine and 24 hp, but only 277 cm wheelbase, as well as the Model Y with a six-cylinder engine, 40 hp and 361 cm wheelbase.
In 1910 there were four models to choose from. The engine outputs differed from the previous year. The Model X and Model XXX were listed with 36.1 hp and the Model Y with 54.1 hp. The model AA was new with a six-cylinder engine, which was specified with 43 hp, and a 325 cm wheelbase.
In 1911 the short model XXX was discontinued . The wheelbase of the Model Y has been extended slightly to 363 cm.
In 1912, the model Y 's wheelbase was shortened to 361 cm.
In 1913 the model C-Six appeared , which replaced all previous models. From now on, all vehicles had six-cylinder engines. In this case it was specified with 44.6 hp. There was a choice of two chassis lengths of 333 cm and 351 cm wheelbase.
The long chassis was discontinued in 1914. The engine was now specified with 44.8 hp.
In 1915 two new models appeared. In the Model D-Six it was specified with 46 hp. The wheelbase was 333 cm. The DD-Six model was rated slightly higher with 47.2 hp and had a longer wheelbase at 351 cm.
The Model E existed from 1920 to 1921 . The engine made 80 hp. The wheelbase measured 351 cm
Between 1922 and 1923 this model continued to be built unchanged.
The Model G existed from 1924 to 1927 . It corresponded to the previous model E .
Model overview
year | model | cylinder | Power ( hp ) | Wheelbase (cm) | construction |
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1901-1902 | 5 HP | 2 | 5 | 175 | Runabout 2-seater |
1903 | 5 HP | 2 | 5 | 175 | Runabout 2-seater |
1904 | Model L | 2 | 7th | 175 | Runabout 2-seat and 4-seat |
1905 | Model L | 2 | 7th | 175 | Runabout 2-seat and 4-seat |
1905 | Model R | 4th | 20th | 229 | 5-seater touring car |
1906 | Model L | 2 | 7th | 175 | Runabout |
1906 | Model R | 4th | 20th | 229 | 5-seater touring car, limousine |
1909 | Model S Big Six | 6th | 50 | 310 | 7-seater touring car |
1907 | Model R | 4th | 20th | 229 | Runabout 2-seater, touring car 5-seater, limousine 5-seater |
1907 | Model S Big Six | 6th | 50 | 310 | 7-seater touring car |
1907 | Model U Little Six | 6th | 30/35 | 290 | 5-seater touring car |
1908 | Model R | 4th | 20th | 229 | 5-seater touring car, 5-seater sedan |
1908 | Model S | 6th | 50 | 310 | 7-seater touring car |
1908 | Model U | 6th | 35 | 290 | 5-seater touring car, 5-seater sedan |
1909 | Model R | 4th | 20th | 229 | 5-seater touring car |
1909 | Model S Big Six | 6th | 50 | 310 | 7-seater touring car |
1909 | Model U Little Six | 6th | 35 | 290 | 5-seater touring car, limousine |
1909 | Model X | 4th | 24 | 315 | 5-seater touring car, 7-seater sedan |
1909 | Model XXX | 4th | 24 | 277 | 3-seater runabout |
1909 | Model Y | 6th | 40 | 361 | 7-seater touring car |
1910 | Model AA | 6th | 43 | 325 | 4-seater and 5-seater touring cars |
1910 | Model X | 4th | 36.1 | 315 | 4-seater and 5-seater touring cars, limousine |
1910 | Model XXX | 4th | 36.1 | 277 | Runabout 3-seater, Baby Tonneau 4-seater |
1910 | Model Y | 6th | 54.1 | 361 | 7-seater touring car, limousine |
1911 | Model AA | 6th | 43.8 | 325 | Torpedo 5-seater, touring car, roadster, limousine, landaulet |
1911 | Model X | 4th | 36.1 | 315 | 7-seater sedan, touring cars, roadsters, fore-door touring cars |
1911 | Model Y | 6th | 54.1 | 363 | 7-seater touring car, fore-door touring car, limousine |
1912 | Model AA | 6th | 43.8 | 325 | 5-seater and 7-seater touring car, 5-seater torpedo, 7-seater sedan, 7-seater landaulet, 4-seater roadster, 2-seater runabout |
1912 | Model X | 4th | 36.1 | 361 | 7-seater touring car, 7-seater sedan |
1912 | Model Y | 6th | 54.1 | 361 | 7-seater touring car, 7-seater sedan |
1913 | Model C-Six | 6th | 44.6 | 333 | 5-seater touring car, roadster, 2-seater Coupelet, 5-seater Convertible Phaeton, 5-seater Demi-Berline, 7-seater sedan |
1913 | Model C-Six | 6th | 44.6 | 351 | 7-seater touring car, 7-seater Convertible Phaeton, 7-seater sedan |
1914 | Model C-Six | 6th | 44.8 | 333 | 7-seater sedan, 2-seater roadster, 3-seater Coupelet, 5-seater touring car, 5-seater Landau Phaeton, 5-seater Demi-Berline |
1915 | Model D-Six | 6th | 46 | 333 | 7-seater sedan, 5-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, 5-seater Landau Phaeton, demi-berline |
1915 | Model DD-Six | 6th | 47.2 | 351 | 7-seater touring car, 7-seater Landau Phaeton, 7-seater sedan, 7-seater Landaulet |
1920-1921 | Model E. | 6th | 80 | 351 | 7-seater touring car, 7-seater vestibule limousine, 4-seater limousine, close-coupled sport touring car |
1922-1923 | Model E. | 6th | 80 | 351 | 4-seat and 7-seat touring car, 7-seat vestibule limousine, 7-seat three-quarter limousine, 4-seat limousine, close-coupled sport touring car, convertible, town brougham, roadster, coupé |
1924-1927 | Model G | 6th | 80 | 351 | 7-seater touring car, 4-seater sports touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seat coupé, 4-seat and 6-seat limousine, 6-seat and 7-seat vestibule limousine, Open Drive limousine, Town Brougham, Cabriolet |
Production numbers
A total of over 14,000 passenger cars were built . The best time was between 1903 and 1915, when between 500 and 1500 vehicles were produced annually. The new edition after the First World War was relatively unsuccessful.
year | Production number |
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1902 | 61 |
1903 | 483 |
1904 | 600 |
1905 | 600 |
1906 | 739 |
1907 | 1,000 |
1908 | 1,500 |
1909 | 1,500 |
1910 | 1,500 |
1911 | 1,500 |
1912 | 1,500 |
1913 | 1,000 |
1914 | 1,000 |
1915 | 573 |
1916 | 0 |
1917 | 0 |
1918 | 0 |
1919 | 0 |
1920 | 204 |
1921 | 136 |
1922 | 63 |
1923 | 66 |
1924 | 28 |
1925 | 16 |
1926 | 8th |
1927 | 1 |
total | 14,078 |
Source:
literature
- Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1399-1402 (English).
- George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1511 (English).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1399-1402 (English).
- ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1511 (English).