Stevens-Duryea

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Stevens-Duryea, described as Model L from 1903
Stevens-Duryea from 1907
Stevens-Duryea Model U from 1908
Stevens-Duryea from 1915

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
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
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

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ 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).