| The Duesenberg is one of the oldest classic race cars | | | | and was considered to be quite advanced. Instead the |
| to be created. Two German born brothers, August | | | | brothers' company went bankrupt and was closed. |
| Duesenberg and Fred Duesenberg, started the | | | | The company was later absorbed by receiver |
| company that produced this type of vehicle in 1913 and | | | | managers in the year 1922 and was acquired from its |
| the company was known as Duesenberg Automobile | | | | creditors by an investor group that was led by Fred |
| and Motors. This company was located in Des Moines, | | | | Duesenberg. They went ahead to form Duesenberg |
| Iowa, at eighth and Grand Avenue and started | | | | Motors Co. |
| specifically to make sports cars. Fred Duesenberg | | | | Erret Lobban Cord was the Auburn Automobile |
| was born in the year 1876 and his brother August | | | | Company and Cord Automobile Company owner. |
| Duesenberg in 1879. They built many trial cars and | | | | These firms that provided transport facilities, bought |
| were considered one of the best of cars despite | | | | Duesenberg Company for the sole reason of the |
| being hand-built entirely. The 'duesy' participated in a | | | | engineering capabilities of the Duesenberg brothers |
| race in 1914 and was driven by Eddie Rickenbacker | | | | between 1925 and 1926. The company was bought |
| and finished 10th at the race held in Indianapolis. Later | | | | together with the trade name for the sole purpose of |
| on in the years of 1924, '25 and '27, a Duisenberg car | | | | producing luxury cars. Fred Duesenberg was then |
| won these races. In 1923 at the Indianapolis 500, the | | | | hired to plan the engine and the chassis that was going |
| Duesenberg was used as the only pace car. | | | | to be among the most impressive all over the world. |
| In July 1921, the Duesenberg brothers moved their | | | | Model 'J' was the first Duesenberg vehicle to be |
| company, Duesengerg Automobile & Motors | | | | produced after the revamping of the Duesenberg |
| Company from their New Jersey location to their new | | | | Company and was available for the first time at the |
| headquarters in Indianapolis to start with the making of | | | | 1928 car show in New York. It produced an enormous |
| traveler vehicles. It is in the same year that the first | | | | 265 horsepower from a double slide camshaft and |
| American to win the French Grand Prix, Jimmy | | | | managed a high speed of 119 mph (miles per hour) and |
| Murphy, accomplished this enormous task by piloting | | | | 94 mph when in gear 2 when, it was not in a |
| the Duesenberg to formidable success in the Le Mans | | | | supercharged version. In a supercharged version, the |
| racetrack. The brothers, although being world | | | | SJ as it was commonly referred could manage 104 |
| acclaimed engineers, still could not sell their 'A' model | | | | mph in second gear and a speed topping between 135 |
| car, which was their first vehicle to be mass-produced, | | | | to 145 mph in third gear. |