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Models from the brass & pre-war era. Choose one to explore its history and available coverage.
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AC Sociable
AC's Edwardian three-wheeled cyclecar (1907–1914) — the company's first passenger vehicle and an early commercial success.
AC Six
A sporting line built around John Weller's advanced overhead-cam straight-six (1920–1940) — the engine that powered AC for four decades.
Adler Trumpf
Adler's innovative front-wheel-drive compact of the 1930s — a Le Mans finisher with Paul Jaray streamlined coachwork.
Adler Trumpf Junior
An affordable front-wheel-drive small car that brought Adler's FWD technology to the mass market — one of Germany's longest-running 1930s compacts.
Adler Standard 6
The first Continental European car with hydraulic brakes — and the car that carried Clärenore Stinnes on her 1927–1929 world circumnavigation.
Adler Standard 8
Adler's short-lived eight-cylinder flagship — a 3.9-litre straight-eight for the upper end of the Weimar Republic market.
Adler Favorit
A mid-range rear-drive four-cylinder saloon that bridged Adler's large Standards and its forthcoming small FWD cars.
Adler Diplomat
A 1930s six-cylinder luxury saloon with Ambi-Budd and Karmann coachwork options, Adler's prestige rear-drive car of the mid-decade.
Adler 2.5 Litre
Adler's final pre-war car — a 2.5-litre six-cylinder with an aerodynamic Paul Jaray body capable of 125 km/h.
Aero Type 10 (Aero 500)
Aero's debut car — a 494 cc single-cylinder two-stroke three-seater offered as roadster, cabriolet, and coupé; 1,358 built.
Aero Type 18 (Aero 662)
Aero's 660 cc two-cylinder follow-on — 18 bhp, four-wheel brakes, and a top speed of 90 km/h; 2,615 built.
Aero Type 20 (Aero 1000)
Near-litre twin-cylinder Aero nicknamed 'pike of the highway' — 998 cc, 24–26 bhp, approximately 2,546 built.
Aero Type 30
Aero's most successful model — front-wheel drive, all-independent suspension, 998 cc twin two-stroke; over 8,000 built including a post-war run.
Aero Type 50
Aero's largest and most powerful car — a 1997 cc four-cylinder two-stroke FWD machine reaching 130 km/h; 1,205 built.
Alvis 12/50
Alvis's breakthrough overhead-valve vintage sports car — one of the most successful vintage sports cars of all time, with a strong competition record.
Alvis 12/75 (front-wheel drive)
Alvis's pioneering front-wheel-drive sports car — overhead camshaft, inboard front brakes, and an optional supercharger, raced at Le Mans.
Alvis Silver Eagle
Alvis's first major six-cylinder line of the early 1930s, offered with a range of inline-six engines and coachbuilt bodies.
Alvis Speed 20
A fast, elegant six-cylinder tourer — the first car with an all-synchromesh gearbox (1933) and independent front suspension on the SB.
Alvis Speed 25
The 3.5-litre successor to the Speed 20 — a more powerful, seven-bearing six-cylinder sporting Alvis of the late 1930s.
Alvis 4.3 Litre
The largest and fastest pre-war Alvis — a 4.3-litre six capable of over 100 mph, a genuine rival to contemporary Bentleys.
Amilcar CC / C4 / CS
Amilcar's founding cyclecar family — a nimble 903 cc two-seater that launched the marque and sold widely across Europe.
Amilcar CGS / CGSS Grand Sport
The 1074 cc 'Grand Sport' — the car that made Amilcar famous, featuring four-wheel brakes and a top speed of 120 km/h (75 mph).
Amilcar M-Type
Amilcar's 1,200 cc light touring car of the late 1920s — a gentler, more practical direction for the marque as the cyclecar era ended.
Amilcar Pégase
A Delahaye-engined 2-litre touring car that kept Amilcar alive through the mid-1930s while the Compound was being developed.
Amilcar Compound (B38)
A technically groundbreaking front-wheel-drive monocoque saloon — Amilcar's final, most advanced car, cut short by World War II.
Apperson Jack Rabbit
Apperson's famed speedster (from 1907) — a 60-hp, $5,000 stripped sportster widely cited as the first commercially built American sports car.
Apperson Four
Apperson's four-cylinder runabouts and touring cars — the backbone of the marque before the V-8, including the chassis underpinning the early Jack Rabbit.
Apperson Eight
Apperson's 90-degree V-8 line (from 1914) — sold under the 'Roadaplane', 'Silver-Apperson' and 'Anniversary Eight' names, and the marque's mainstay into the 1920s.
Armstrong Siddeley Thirty
Armstrong Siddeley's founding model — a 5-litre, 30 hp six aimed at the aristocracy and the upper carriage trade, with around 2,770 built.
Armstrong Siddeley Siddeley Special
The marque's interwar masterpiece — a 5-litre Hiduminium-alloy six of which only 253 were built; fewer than 22 are believed to survive.
Auburn Speedster
Auburn's legendary boat-tail roadster — culminating in the 1935–36 supercharged 851/852, an Art Deco icon designed by Gordon Buehrig.
Auburn Auburn 12
America's most affordable V12 — Auburn's Lycoming-powered twelve, launched into the depths of the Great Depression.
Auburn Eight
Auburn's straight-eight cars — the volume of the Cord era, sold under a string of series names (8-88, 8-98, 851/852) and the basis for the boat-tail Speedster.
Auburn Six
Auburn's six-cylinder line — the affordable companion to the eights whose lineage reached back to the early 1910s (the 1919 'Beauty Six') and ran through the make's final 1936 season.
Austin Austin 7
The car that motorized Britain — a cheap, light 1920s–30s economy car whose design seeded BMW, Jaguar, Nissan and Lotus.
Auto Union Grand Prix Cars (Types A–D)
The radical mid-engine Silver Arrow Grand Prix cars — supercharged V16 and V12 machines that won the 1936 European Championship with Bernd Rosemeyer.
Bentley 3 Litre
Bentley's very first car (1921–1929) and the chassis that won Le Mans in 1924 and 1927 — the model that founded the marque.
Bentley 4½ Litre
The 4½-litre Cricklewood Bentley (1927–1931), including Tim Birkin's supercharged 'Blower' — one of the most famous British cars ever built.
Bentley Speed Six
The six-cylinder works racer (1928–1930) — Bentley's most successful Le Mans car, winner in 1929 and 1930 and W. O. Bentley's personal favourite.
Bentley 8 Litre
W. O. Bentley's last and largest car (1930–1932) — a 7,983 cc grand tourer, only 100 built, and the model that ended the independent company.
Berliet Early Berliet (1899–1902)
Marius Berliet's first cars — single- then twin-cylinder voiturettes built in a small Lyon workshop before the company moved to the Audibert & Lavirotte plant.
Berliet Pre-War Four- and Six-Cylinder Range (1902–1914)
A broad pre-WWI range from 8 CV to 60 CV — honeycomb-radiatored fours and a massive 9.5-litre six — that established Berliet as a serious French manufacturer.
Berliet Type VB
Berliet's ill-fated post-WWI mass-market car — a copy of the 1916 Dodge that suffered from inferior French steel and bankrupted the company in 1921.
Berliet 1920s Range (Type VI / VRC / VK and six-cylinders)
Berliet's post-bankruptcy recovery range — new overhead-valve fours from 7 CV to 18 CV and two new six-cylinder models introduced from 1927.
Berliet Dauphine 11CV
Berliet's last passenger car — a modern 1,990 cc family saloon with independent front suspension, produced in Lyon from 1934 until war ended car production in 1939.
Bignan 25CV (Original)
Bignan's debut car — a large-wheelbased four-cylinder tourer first shown at the Paris Motor Show in October 1919.
Bignan 11CV
Bignan's defining model — a 2-litre four-cylinder sports car that scored third overall at the inaugural 1923 Le Mans 24 Hours in desmodromic-valve competition trim.
Bignan 14CV
Bignan's final and most powerful model — a 2.5-litre S.C.A.P. straight-eight introduced at the 1928 Paris Motor Show.
Brennabor Brennaborette
Brennabor's first series-production automobile — a Fafnir-engined three-wheeler that launched the marque's car-making career in 1908.
Brennabor Typ P
The model that made Brennabor Germany's largest carmaker — a 2.1-litre four-cylinder tourer that sold 100 units a day at its peak in the early 1920s.
Brennabor Juwel 6
Brennabor's six-cylinder flagship — a 45 hp, 2.46-litre tourer of which roughly 3,000 were built before the Depression shut down production.
Brennabor Juwel 8
Brennabor's rare eight-cylinder flagship — a 60 hp, 3.4-litre sedan produced in only approximately 100 examples before the factory ceased car production.
BSA Early Tourer (1907–1915)
BSA's first car range — large four-cylinder Edwardian tourers, later transferred to Coventry after BSA acquired Daimler in 1910.
BSA Ten (1921–1926)
BSA's interwar revival — a popular V-twin light car followed by four- and six-cylinder models, before the name was temporarily dropped.
BSA Three-Wheeler
A pioneering front-wheel-drive three-wheeler — innovative, practical, and the engineering ancestor of the Scout.
BSA Ten Saloon
A conventional rear-wheel-drive small saloon sold alongside BSA's front-drive models, aimed at family buyers.
BSA Scout
BSA's landmark front-wheel-drive open sports car — praised for its grip, economy, and progressive engineering when it launched at £149.
Brush Runabout
Alanson Brush's wooden-framed, coil-sprung single-cylinder two-seater — the 'Everyman's Car' of the brass era, priced from about $450.
Bugatti Type 13 (Brescia)
Bugatti's first production car — a flyweight four-cylinder racer that swept the top four positions at the 1921 Brescia Grand Prix.
Bugatti Type 35
The most successful racing car of its era — claiming roughly 2,500 victories, five consecutive Targa Florio wins, and the 1926 Grand Prix World Championship.
Bugatti Type 41 Royale
The largest and most expensive car of the interwar era — six built, only three sold — powered by a 12.7-litre straight-eight engine.
Bugatti Type 55
A road-legal Grand Prix car — 38 built with Jean Bugatti's roadster body and a supercharged 2.3-litre engine from the Type 51 racer.
Bugatti Type 57
Bugatti's prewar grand tourer masterpiece — 710 built, including the four legendary Type 57SC Atlantics; won Le Mans in 1937 and 1939.
Chalmers Thirty
Chalmers' breakthrough mid-priced car (1908–1913) — a durable, well-regarded 30-horsepower four that made the company's name.
Chalmers Forty
Chalmers' larger, more expensive early four (1908–1911) — the upmarket companion to the volume Thirty.
Chalmers Master Six
Chalmers' large six-cylinder car of the mid-1910s — an early adopter of combined electric starting and lighting.
Chalmers Six-30
Chalmers' best-known later car (1916–1923) — the value six that carried the marque through its peak and into its final years.
Chenard-Walcker Type U Sport
The overhead-cam 3-litre sports car that took a 1–2 finish at the inaugural 1923 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Chenard-Walcker Aigle
Chenard-Walcker's last model family — an eagle-badged range from the spartan Aiglon four-cylinder up to the V8-powered Aigle 22.
Chenard-Walcker Type U
The backbone touring-car line that put Chenard-Walcker in the top ten French manufacturers before and after the First World War.
Chrysler Airflow
Chrysler's streamlined, wind-tunnel-shaped 1934 milestone — a commercial flop but a landmark in aerodynamic car design.
Cord L-29
The first American front-wheel-drive production car — a low, rakish luxury automobile that the Great Depression killed after roughly 5,000 were built.
Cord 810/812
The 'coffin-nose' Cord — the first American production cars with pop-up headlights and front-wheel drive with independent front suspension, just 2,972 built.
Crosley Two-Door Sedan (Pre-War)
Crosley's first cars (1939–1942) — sub-900 lb economy runabouts that were the cheapest cars in America.
Cunningham Four-Cylinder Cars (Models J–S)
Cunningham's large four-cylinder luxury cars (Models J, M, R and S, 1911–1916) — costly, coachbuilt machines that established the marque before the V8 era.
Cunningham Series V
Cunningham's V8 flagship (Series V-1 through V-7, 1916–1931) — one of America's first V8 cars and the heart of the 'American Rolls-Royce' legend.
Daimler Double-Six
Daimler's sleeve-valve V12 flagship (1926–1938) — a smooth, ultra-quiet luxury chassis bodied by Britain's leading coachbuilders.
Darracq Voiturette / Single-Cylinder
Darracq's breakthrough production car — a 6.5 hp single-cylinder light car designed by Paul Ribeyrolles that sold over 1,000 examples by September 1901.
Darracq 200 HP V8 Racer
The 25.4-litre V8 sprint car that set the world land-speed record in December 1905 — one of the earliest V8-engined automobiles ever built.
Darracq Flying Fifteen
Alexandre Darracq's commercial masterpiece — a perfectly balanced 3-litre four-cylinder tourer on the first all-pressed-steel chassis, capturing roughly ten percent of the French automobile market.
Darracq 14–16 HP
Darracq's mid-range four-cylinder tourer — best known as the platform for mass taxi service, including one-third of New York's cab fleet by 1907.
Darracq Clegg-Darracq 12 HP / 16 HP
The Owen Clegg-designed recovery models that restored Darracq's reputation — reliable, conventional four-cylinder tourers that brought the factory to 60 cars a week by 1914.
De Dion-Bouton La Marquise
The world's oldest running motor car — a four-seat dos-à-dos steam runabout that won Europe's first automobile race in 1887.
De Dion-Bouton Motor Tricycle
The petrol-engined tricycle that made De Dion-Bouton famous worldwide — up to 40,000 engines exported and licensed to 150 manufacturers by 1904.
De Dion-Bouton Vis-à-Vis (Model D)
De Dion-Bouton's first four-wheel petrol car — a quirky rear-engined voiturette that passengers faced the driver.
De Dion-Bouton Populaire
De Dion-Bouton's first front-engined car — a conventional light voiturette that moved the engine forward and added a reverse gear.
De Dion-Bouton Type S
De Dion-Bouton's first two-cylinder model — a 1,728 cc 12 CV step up from the singles that opened the multi-cylinder era.
De Dion-Bouton Type AD
The first four-cylinder De Dion-Bouton — 2,545 cc, 15 CV — that placed the brand in the growing medium-car touring segment.
De Dion-Bouton Type CJ V8
The first successful mass-produced V8 engine in the world — 6,107 cc, 35 CV — whose design directly inspired the Cadillac V8 of 1914.
De Dion-Bouton Type LA
De Dion-Bouton's final four-cylinder car — a 1,982 cc overhead-valve model that represented the struggling brand's last attempt at the mainstream market.
De Dion-Bouton Type LB
De Dion-Bouton's final straight-eight — a 2,496 cc luxury car that grew to 3 litres but found almost no buyers at its high price.
Delage Type A
Delage's first car — a De Dion-Bouton-powered voiturette that put the marque on the racing map from the very start.
Delage DI / DIS / DISS
Delage's best-selling pre-war model — a 2.1-litre four-cylinder tourer that sold over 10,700 examples and offered genuine performance at accessible prices.
Delage 15-S-8
The supercharged straight-eight that swept the 1927 Grand Prix season and won Delage the title 'World Champion of Car Builders.'
Delage D8
Delage's magnificent straight-eight luxury range (1929–1940) — a coachbuilder's canvas owned by kings, emperors and film stars.
Delage D6
Delage's long-running six-cylinder touring car (1930–1953) — the marque's final production model and a Le Mans podium finisher.
Delahaye Type 145
The "Million Franc" Grand Prix racer — a 4.5-litre V12 built to win a French government prize and beat the German factory teams, with only four ever built.
Delahaye Type 134 / 134N
Delahaye's four-cylinder touring car of the 1930s — a more accessible companion to the Type 135, with around 340 examples of the 134N built.
DeSoto Six
DeSoto's debut model — the 1929 Six set a US first-year production record of 81,065 cars that stood for 31 years.
DeSoto Airflow
DeSoto's radical aerodynamic sedan (1934–1936) — a commercial failure that nearly sank the brand but pioneered streamlined design.
DeSoto Airstream
The conventional companion to the Airflow (1935–1936), rushed out to win back buyers turned off by the streamliner.
Diatto Tipo 20
Diatto's landmark 2-litre sports car (1922–1928) — a SOHC four designed by Giuseppe Coda and developed into a race-winner by Alfieri Maserati.
Diatto Tipo Unico (12/15–18 CV)
Diatto's staple pre-war L-head four — a 2-litre family that grew to 2.4 litres and underpinned the company through WWI.
Diatto Tipo 30
Diatto's post-WWI re-entry — a Bugatti Brescia built under licence, which won the first Italian post-war race in 1919.
Diatto Clément-Bayard Series
Diatto's founding product line — four- and six-cylinder cars built under Clément-Bayard licence, establishing the marque's early reputation.
DKW F-Series (F1–F8)
Europe's first volume front-wheel-drive cars — transversely mounted two-stroke twins in wood-and-steel bodies, built in Zwickau from 1931 to 1942.
Duesenberg Model A
Duesenberg's first road car (1921–1926) — the first series-production American car with a straight-eight engine and four-wheel hydraulic brakes.
Duesenberg Model X
An ultra-rare larger derivative of the Model A (1926–1927) — only about a dozen built before the Model J replaced it.
Duesenberg Model J
The legendary Model J (introduced 1928) — a 265-hp DOHC straight-eight on a coachbuilt chassis, the most magnificent American car of the Classic era.
Durant A-22
The four-cylinder car that launched Durant Motors in 1921 — 35 hp, Continental-engined, priced to undercut Chevrolet.
Durant B-22
Durant's first six-cylinder car — a 70 hp, longer-wheelbase companion to the four-cylinder A-22, offered 1922–1924.
Durant Second-Series Four-Cylinder
The revived Durant four-cylinder (1928–1932) — M2 and M4 in 1928, the 4-40 in 1929, the 407 through 1932 — as the Depression closed in.
Durant Second-Series Six-Cylinder
A family of numerically coded Durant sixes (1928–1932) — the 55, 6-60, 6-65, 6-75, and later the 610–619 range — offering buyers a step above the four-cylinder.
Essex Four
The original Essex — an affordable four-cylinder car (from 1919) whose low-priced 1922 closed coach helped end the open-touring era.
Essex Six
Essex's six-cylinder line from 1924 — the volume car that, badged 'Super Six,' lifted Essex to third in US sales by 1929.
Essex Challenger
The 1930 Essex Challenger — a restyled six on a lower, stronger chassis with an enlarged engine, launched into a collapsing market.
Essex Pacemaker
The final 1932 Essex — sold as the Pacemaker (Super-Six) just as the new lighter Terraplane arrived to replace the name entirely.
FN Spider
FN's very first car — a twin-cylinder chain-drive voiturette that launched Belgium's longest-running pre-war marque.
FN Typ 30-40
FN's first prestige tourer — a large four-cylinder car patronised by the Belgian Royal Family and the Shah of Persia.
FN Typ 1300
FN's most successful model — a refined 1327 cc overhead-valve four with four-wheel brakes, built in ~2,200 examples and raced to class wins at the Spa 24 Hours.
FN 1625 (11CV)
FN's final production car — an enlarged 1625 cc four praised for sporty character, and the basis for the royal Prince Baudouin and Prince Albert saloons.
Ford Model T
The car that put the world on wheels — the first affordable, mass-produced automobile.
Ford Model A
The much-improved successor to the Model T, with a modern engine and conventional controls.
Franklin Series 11
The 1925 De Causse-styled Franklin that adopted a sham 'dummy radiator' to look like a conventional water-cooled car.
Franklin Airman
Franklin's headline air-cooled line, named for Charles Lindbergh's 1927 air-cooled transatlantic flight.
Franklin Olympic
A lower-priced Franklin built on a Reo Flying Cloud body, a last bid for sales as the Depression bit.
Franklin Twelve
The world's only production air-cooled V12 — Franklin's grand, ill-timed Depression-era flagship.
Frazer Nash Fast Tourer / Super Sports
The founding chain-drive Frazer Nash — a lightweight, 1.5-litre sports car that established the marque's character, with ~165 examples built through 1929.
Frazer Nash Boulogne
The more sporting pre-war Frazer Nash, offered from 1925 with a higher-tuned Anzani engine and named for success in the Boulogne Speed Trials.
Frazer Nash TT Replica
The definitive pre-war Frazer Nash — 83 built between 1932 and 1938, the TT Replica became the chain-drive marque's most numerous model and a fixture in British club racing.
Gardner Four-Cylinder
Gardner's founding model — a Lycoming-powered four on a 112-inch wheelbase, introduced late 1919 and discontinued after 1924 as the company moved to sixes and eights.
Gardner Series Six
Gardner's six-cylinder line — introduced in 1925 alongside the eight-cylinder models, paused while eights dominated 1928–1929, then returned as the Depression-era mainstay for 1930–1931.
Gardner Series Eight
Gardner's straight-eight prestige line — Series 75 through 150, all Lycoming-powered — the marque's most celebrated cars and its sole US offering from 1928 to 1929.
Gardner Front-Drive Six (prototype)
Gardner's ambitious 1930 front-wheel-drive concept — an 80 hp six on a 133-inch wheelbase with hydraulic brakes — announced in January 1930 but never produced beyond two prototypes.
GAZ GAZ-A
The Gorky plant's first passenger car — a Soviet-built Ford Model A derivative that inaugurated GAZ in 1932.
GAZ GAZ-M1
The 'Emka' — the Soviet Union's standard government and staff car of the late 1930s and World War II era.
Goliath Pionier
Goliath's founding three-wheeled microcar — a tax-advantage bubble car with a single-cylinder engine, built 1931–1934.
Graham-Paige Graham-Paige (1928–1930 Models)
The debut Graham-Paige range — sixes and an eight with four-wheel hydraulic brakes that drove a record first-year run of 73,195 cars.
Graham-Paige Graham Blue Streak
Amos Northup's streamlined 1932 design — skirted fenders, a raked grille and 'banjo' frame — widely cited as one of the most influential car shapes of the 1930s.
Graham-Paige Graham Supercharged Eight
America's first moderately priced supercharged car — a Kishline-designed crankshaft-driven blower on Graham's straight eight, from 1934.
Graham-Paige Graham Cavalier
Graham's mid-range six of the later 1930s, offered alongside (and with) the company's supercharger as the eights were phased out.
Graham-Paige Graham Spirit of Motion (Sharknose)
The forward-leaning 'Sharknose' Graham — daring Amos Northup styling that won a Paris Concours but flopped with buyers.
Graham-Paige Graham Hollywood
Graham's last car — a supercharged sedan built on the old Cord 810/812 body dies, a final gamble that arrived too late to save the company.
Hanomag 2/10 PS "Kommissbrot"
Germany's most fuel-efficient mass-production car of the interwar years — a 370 kg, rear-engined single-cylinder microcar nicknamed 'Army Bread' for its rounded shape.
Hanomag Garant
Hanomag's Depression-era 1.1-litre small car — sold so well it required two-shift production and helped the company survive the early 1930s.
Hanomag Rekord
One of the first mass-produced cars offered with a diesel engine — Hanomag's 1.5/1.9-litre mid-sizer sold 19,104 units and set a diesel speed record on the Reichsautobahn.
Hanomag 1.3 Litre
Hanomag's technically advanced final passenger car — a unitary-body two-door saloon whose structure was studied by Volvo engineers and influenced the PV444.
Hansa Treff-Aß
The sole Hansa-Lloyd passenger car of the early 1920s — a robust four-cylinder tourer on pre-war mechanicals.
Hansa Trumpf-Aß
Hansa-Lloyd's prestige straight-eight luxury car of the late 1920s — as technically ambitious as anything built in Germany at the time.
Hansa Hansa 400
A diminutive rear-engined two-stroke microcar — the first new Hansa-branded car after Borgward's takeover.
Hansa Hansa 500
Successor to the Hansa 400 with a slightly larger two-stroke engine, also available as a convertible.
Hansa Hansa 1100
The Borgward group's breakthrough small car — an all-steel, independently sprung four-cylinder saloon that brought modern construction to the German compact segment.
Hansa Hansa 1700
A six-cylinder companion to the 1100, including a twin-carburettor sports variant, giving the Borgward-era Hansa range an upper tier.
Hansa Hansa 2000
The final mainstream Hansa passenger car — a six-cylinder saloon that transitioned to Borgward badging from 1939.
Haynes Pioneer
Elwood Haynes' 1894 gasoline 'Pioneer' — one of the earliest American automobiles, now in the Smithsonian as the oldest surviving US-made car.
Haynes Haynes-Apperson
The flat-twin Brass Era cars built by Haynes and the Apperson brothers (~1896–1905) — among the first commercially produced automobiles in the United States.
Haynes Light Six
Haynes' long-running six-cylinder car, advertised as 'America's Greatest Light Six' from 1914 — the marque's volume model through to its 1924 collapse.
Haynes Light Twelve
Haynes' V12 (1916–1922) — one of the first American twelve-cylinder production cars, with a 5.8-liter 60-degree V12; fewer than ~650 built.
Haynes Model 75
A late Haynes six-cylinder flagship (1922) — a 300-cubic-inch L-head six rated at 75 hp on a 132-inch wheelbase, priced $2,485–$3,485.
Hillman Wizard
An ambitious early-1930s six-cylinder Hillman that arrived just as the Depression squeezed its market.
Hispano-Suiza Alfonso XIII
The world's first purpose-built sports car — a 64-hp four-cylinder voiturette named for the King of Spain who loved the brand.
Hispano-Suiza H6
The definitive pre-war grand tourer — an all-aluminium OHC six with the first four-wheel servo brakes, widely considered the finest car of the 1920s.
Hispano-Suiza J12
Hispano-Suiza's ultimate pre-war machine — a 9.4-litre V12 producing 220 hp, sold as a rolling chassis to Europe's finest coachbuilders.
Hispano-Suiza K6
A more accessible six-cylinder companion to the monumental J12 — 202 built, still coachbuilt, still bearing Hispano-Suiza's exacting quality.
Horch Early Touring Cars
Horch's pre-eight-cylinder era: twin- and six-cylinder tourers that established the brand as Germany's quality luxury builder.
Horch Horch 8
Germany's first production straight-eight (1926–1935) — debuted as the Type 303 and grew into a full range of large-displacement luxury tourers.
Horch Horch 830
Horch's V8-powered mid-range luxury line (1933–1940) — more accessible than the straight-eight flagships, yet still a prestige car favoured by officials and officers.
Horch Horch 853
Horch's ultimate pre-war flagship (1935–1940) — a 5-litre straight-eight sport cabriolet that is today among the most coveted German classics.
Hotchkiss AM Series
Hotchkiss's defining interwar single-model — a 2.4-litre four that sold over a thousand units a year and won the Monte Carlo Rally three times in a row.
Hudson Super Six
The 1916 Super Six — its balanced-crankshaft straight-six made Hudson a technical leader and set a 24-hour speed record.
Hudson Terraplane
Hudson's light, fast, value-priced Depression-era brand (1932–1938) — launched with help from Amelia Earhart.
Hudson Essex
Hudson's affordable companion brand (1919–1932) whose low-priced closed coach helped put a roof over the average buyer.
Humber Humberette
Humber's pioneering light car — a cheap, small-engined voiturette/cyclecar offered in the early 1900s and revived just before WWI.
Humber Humber Snipe
Humber's large 1930s saloon — a well-built, dignified car whose chassis underpinned the first Super Snipe and which served the British military in WWII.
Hupmobile Model 20
Hupmobile's first car — a light four-cylinder runabout priced $100 below the Model T that launched the marque with 14,500 sales by 1912.
Hupmobile Model 32
The first Hupmobile with an all-steel body (1912–1915) — a genuine industry first shared only with Britain's BSA, years before steel bodies became standard.
Hupmobile Model R
Hupmobile's high-volume four-cylinder mainstay (1917–1925) — over 100,000 built, with four-wheel brakes arriving late in the run before the eight-cylinder Series E replaced it.
Hupmobile Series E
Hupmobile's straight-eight flagship (1925–1928) — the car that took annual production to an all-time record of 65,862 units in 1928.
Hupmobile Aerodynamic
Raymond Loewy's boldly streamlined Hupmobile of 1934–1937 — faired-in headlamps, a three-piece semi-wraparound windshield, and up to 120 hp in eight-cylinder form.
Hupmobile Skylark
Hupmobile's last car (1939–1940) — the Gordon Buehrig-designed Cord 810/812 body fitted to a conventional rear-drive chassis, with only 319 built before the company closed.
Imperia Early Four-Cylinder Series
Imperia's founding range of four-cylinder tourers — designed by German engineer Paul Henze with engines from 3 to 9.9 litres.
Imperia 8 CV Super Sport
A 1624 cc overhead-cam six-cylinder sports car capable of 90 mph — Imperia's performance landmark of the late 1920s.
Imperia TA-7
Imperia's small front-wheel-drive compact — a licenced Adler Trumpf with Belgian coachwork, 995 cc, 25 hp.
Imperia TA-9 / Diane
The larger Adler-based Imperia — 1645 cc, 38 hp, front-wheel drive — restyled as the Diane from 1936.
Invicta 2½ Litre
Invicta's founding model — a Meadows-engined 2½-litre six that grew to 3 litres in 1926 and established the marque's reputation for high-speed flexibility.
Invicta 4½ Litre (NLC / A-Type)
The mainstream high-chassis 4.5-litre Invicta — available in short and long wheelbase, it was the backbone of the marque's production with roughly 500 built.
Invicta 4½ Litre S-Type
Invicta's iconic low-chassis 4.5-litre — its underslung frame put the body below the rear axle, creating a rakish sports car that won the 1931 Monte Carlo Rally outright in Donald Healey's hands.
Invicta 12/45 and 12/90
Invicta's attempt at a lighter, smaller car — a 1.5-litre Blackburne-engined six in normally-aspirated (45 bhp) and supercharged (90 bhp) forms, made in very small numbers.
Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8
The world's first series-production straight-eight automobile — a landmark 5.9-litre chassis supplied bare for coachbuilt bodywork.
Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A
The definitive Isotta Fraschini — a 7.3-litre straight-eight limousine favoured by Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, and Sunset Boulevard's Norma Desmond.
Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8B
The Depression-era successor to the 8A — a 7.4-litre, 160 bhp straight-eight built in tiny numbers as the market for ultra-luxury cars collapsed.
Itala 18/24/50 HP Touring Cars
Itala's founding three-model range — an 18 hp, a 24 hp, and a 50 hp four-cylinder — launched the marque and established it as a legitimate challenger to Fiat.
Itala 14.8-Litre Racing Car
A massive 14.8-litre five-cylinder racing machine that won the 1905 Coppa Florio and the 1906 Targa Florio — establishing Itala as Italy's foremost racing constructor.
Itala 35/45 HP
The 7.4-litre four-cylinder that Prince Borghese drove from Peking to Paris in 1907 — one of the most famous competitive feats in automotive history.
Itala Tipo 50
Itala's main post-war production car — a 2.8-litre side-valve four designed by Alberto Orasi that kept the marque alive through the difficult early 1920s.
Itala Tipo 55
A 4.4-litre post-war tourer featuring Itala's experimental 'Avalve' rotary-valve engine — an advanced but commercially unsuccessful engineering exercise.
Itala Tipo 61
A 2-litre twin-cam six by engineer Giulio Cesare Cappa — Itala's most successful late model, with a class win at Le Mans 1928.
Itala Tipo 11 Racing Prototype
An audacious 1,050 cc supercharged V12 single-seater prototype by Cappa — arguably two decades ahead of its time, with front-wheel drive and all-independent suspension, but it never raced.
Jordan Playboy
Jordan's celebrated sporting roadster (1919–1931) — the subject of the legendary 1923 'Somewhere West of Laramie' advertisement.
Jordan Friendly Three
A 1920 three-passenger coupe sold on the memorable line 'Seats two, three if they're friendly.'
Jordan Series MX
Jordan's 1922–1923 six-cylinder line, powered by a 246-cubic-inch flathead six.
Jordan Line Eight
Jordan's straight-eight cars of the mid-to-late 1920s, including the upmarket Great Line Eight.
Jordan Little Custom
A 1927 small luxury car — one of America's earliest 'compact' premium cars, priced around $1,595.
Jordan Model 90
Jordan's final car (1931) — an eight-cylinder, 85-horsepower model launched as the company collapsed.
Kurogane Type 95
Japan's only fully indigenous WWII reconnaissance car — one of the world's first mass-produced four-wheel-drive vehicles, built 1936–1944.
Lagonda M45 / M45R Rapide
The 4.5-litre Meadows-engined sports tourer that won Le Mans in 1935 — the high-water mark of the independent Lagonda.
Lagonda LG45 / LG45R Rapide
The W. O. Bentley-developed successor to the M45 — same 4.5-litre Meadows six refined through three Sanctions, with only 25 Rapides built.
Lagonda V12
W. O. Bentley's masterpiece — a 4.5-litre V12 grand tourer widely regarded as among the finest pre-war cars; 189 built before war halted production.
Lanchester Ten
Lanchester's first production car — a clean-sheet, twin-cylinder design that ignored horse-carriage convention.
Lanchester Twenty
Lanchester's first four-cylinder car — an overhead-valve Edwardian tourer for the carriage trade.
Lanchester Thirty-Eight
A large pre-WWI six-cylinder Lanchester — the firm's flagship until the First World War halted civilian production.
Lanchester Forty
Lanchester's post-WWI flagship — a 6.2-litre overhead-cam six built to rival Rolls-Royce, owned by royalty and maharajas.
Lanchester Twenty-One
A smaller overhead-cam six positioned below the Forty — a lighter, owner-driver Lanchester of the mid-1920s.
Lanchester Thirty
Lanchester's only straight-eight — a 4.4-litre overhead-cam flagship and the last car of the independent company.
Lanchester Eighteen
The first BSA-era Lanchester — a 2.5-litre six derived from the Daimler Light Twenty, with fluid flywheel and hydraulic brakes.
Lanchester Ten
The smallest and best-selling Lanchester ever — a 1.2-litre saloon sharing its chassis with the BSA Ten.
Lanchester Light Six
A small six-cylinder Lanchester built by Daimler — a smoother, upmarket sibling to the four-cylinder Ten.
Lanchester Fourteen Roadrider
A late-1930s six-cylinder saloon, near-identical to the Daimler New Fifteen, ended by the Second World War.
Lancia Lambda
The world's first production car with a unibody (monocoque) chassis and independent front suspension — a quantum leap in 1922.
LaSalle Series 303
The original Cadillac-built LaSalle (1927–1933) — Harley Earl's debut design and the first American production car styled by a dedicated designer.
LaSalle Series 350
The redesigned LaSalle (1934–1940) — Harley Earl's brand-saving Art Deco Series 350 and the V8 final-era cars that closed the marque.
Lincoln Zephyr
The streamlined, V12-powered Lincoln-Zephyr of the 1930s — the aerodynamic car that saved Lincoln and spawned the Continental.
Locomobile Steam Runabout
Locomobile's original product — a light, inexpensive Stanley-licensed steam runabout, over 4,000 built before the brand abandoned steam for gasoline.
Locomobile Old 16
The Locomobile racer that won the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup — the first American-built car to win a major international motor race.
Locomobile Model 30
A six-cylinder Locomobile luxury car of the early 1910s, sitting below the flagship Model 48.
Locomobile Model 48
Locomobile's flagship — a large straight-six luxury car built to an impeccable standard from 1911 until the company's end in 1929.
Locomobile Model 38
A smaller, less costly six-cylinder Locomobile of the mid-1910s, offered alongside the flagship Model 48.
Locomobile Junior Eight (8-66)
Durant-era Locomobile's first new model — a more modern, lower-priced straight-eight aimed at a broader market.
Lorraine-Dietrich De Dietrich-Bugatti
Ettore Bugatti's prize-winning early designs built under licence by De Dietrich, covering Types 3–7 from 1902 to 1904.
Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 (15 CV)
The 3.4-litre six-cylinder tourer that won Le Mans back-to-back in 1925 and 1926 — the make's definitive and most successful model.
Lorraine-Dietrich 12 CV
Lorraine-Dietrich's smaller four-cylinder tourer — 2,297 cc and more accessible than the 15 CV six, sold until 1929.
Lorraine-Dietrich 20 CV
The final Lorraine-Dietrich model — a 4.1-litre six-cylinder luxury car launched in 1932, too heavy and costly to sell; production ended 1935.
Marmon Model 32
Marmon's reputation-making upscale tourer (1909–1914) — the production car that spawned the Indy-winning Wasp race car.
Marmon Wasp
The yellow-and-black single-seat racer that won the first-ever Indianapolis 500 in 1911 — and is widely credited with the first automobile rear-view mirror.
Marmon Model 34
Marmon's landmark lightweight luxury car (1916–1924) — an advanced aluminum-bodied, aluminum-engined six that beat 'Cannonball' Baker's transcontinental record.
Marmon Roosevelt
Marmon's short-lived budget brand (1929–1930) — named for Theodore Roosevelt, it was the first straight-eight car in America to sell for under $1,000.
Marmon Sixteen
Marmon's magnificent V16 swan song (1931–1933) — an all-aluminum 200-hp sixteen-cylinder grand classic, and the last car the company built.
Maxwell Model DA
The four-cylinder, 30-hp Maxwell that Alice Ramsey drove coast-to-coast in 1909 as the first woman to cross the US by car.
Maxwell Model 40
A larger four-cylinder Maxwell touring car and roadster of the early-1910s line, powered by a 298-cubic-inch T-head four and sitting above the budget Model 25.
Maxwell Model 25
Maxwell's volume four-cylinder car (1914–1925) — relaunched as the 'Good Maxwell,' it became the Chrysler Four and, evolved, the first Plymouth.
Maybach W3
Maybach's debut automobile — Germany's first car with four-wheel brakes, introduced at the 1921 Berlin Motor Show.
Maybach W5
The enlarged successor to the W3 — a 7-litre inline-six limousine that raised Maybach's performance and comfort benchmark.
Maybach Zeppelin (DS7 / DS8)
Maybach's flagship pre-war masterpiece — a massive V12 limousine named for the airships that powered the company's founding.
Maybach SW38 / SW42
Maybach's more accessible pre-war inline-six series — the SW35, SW38, and SW42 that kept the marque viable through the late 1930s.
Minerva Early Models (1902–1907)
Minerva's founding-era automobiles — multi-cylinder chain-drive cars that won the 1907 Belgian Circuit des Ardennes with the 8-litre Kaiserpreis.
Minerva 30CV
Post-WWI flagship six-cylinder — a 5.3-litre Knight sleeve-valve grand tourer that placed Minerva among Europe's top luxury marques.
Minerva Type AK
Minerva's definitive interwar grand tourer — a 6.0-litre sleeve-valve six capable of 90 mph, bodied by the finest coachbuilders in Europe and America.
Minerva Type AL
Minerva's ultra-rare 6.6-litre straight-eight — fewer than fifty built, launched at the worst possible moment as the Depression killed demand for opulent cars.
Minerva Type AP
The more attainable of Minerva's 1930 straight-eights — a 4.0-litre, 22CV model that outlasted the marque itself, still sold under the Minerva name by Impéria until 1938.
Minerva M4
Minerva's last-gasp attempt at a smaller, Depression-era car — a 2-litre four-cylinder saloon that retained the sleeve-valve engine but could not save the company.
Moon Model A
Moon's first car (1906) — a five-passenger Rutenber-engined touring shown at the New York Automobile Show, launching the marque at $3,000.
Moon Six
Moon's six-cylinder line — the heart of the marque from the mid-1910s, sold by horsepower designations (6-40, 6-58, 6-66) and famed for its 1919 'Parthenon' radiator.
Moon Eight
Moon's late straight-eight 'Aerotype' cars (from 1928) — the marque's first eight-cylinder models, styled by Howard 'Dutch' Darrin, just before the Windsor rename.
Moon Diana
Moon's upmarket companion marque (1925–1928) — a Continental straight-eight luxury car marketed as 'the easiest steering car in America' and aimed pointedly at women drivers.
Moon Windsor
The badge Moon's cars wore in their final years (1929–1930) — launched as the 'White Prince of Windsor' until Buckingham Palace objected, with straight-eight or six power.
Moon Ruxton
The radical front-wheel-drive luxury car Moon built for New Era Motors (1929–1930) — strikingly low, with vivid Joseph Urban color schemes — whose collapse helped kill the company.
Morgan Three-Wheeler
The car that founded Morgan — light, V-twin-powered three-wheelers (1910–1952) that dominated early cyclecar racing.
Morris Cowley
The lower-priced 'no-frills' Bullnose Morris — the cheaper companion to the Oxford that drove Morris's volume in the 1920s.
Morris Eight
The 1930s small Morris — closely following the Ford Model Y — whose huge sales restored Morris as Britain's largest car maker.
Nash LaFayette
Nash's lower-priced companion line of the 1930s (1934–1940), reviving an earlier luxury marque's name as a value model.
Ohta Ohta 7 (Type N-7)
Ohta's first production car — a 736 cc four-cylinder light car offered in five body styles, one of the largest Japanese automobile lines of the 1930s.
Oldsmobile Curved Dash
The 1901–1907 Model R runabout — widely credited as the first mass-produced automobile and America's best-selling car of its day.
OM Tipo S305
OM's debut automobile (1918), a large four-cylinder touring car derived from the pre-war Züst design.
OM Tipo 469
OM's 1.5-litre four-cylinder sports car (from 1921) — an early competition machine that preceded and inspired the six-cylinder Superba.
OM 665 Superba
OM's celebrated six-cylinder sports car — winner of the inaugural 1927 Mille Miglia in a 1-2-3 sweep; nicknamed 'Superba' by the public.
OM OMV Alcyone
OM's final prototype (1934) — a modern saloon with hydraulic brakes and synchromesh gearbox that never reached production after Fiat's takeover.
Packard Model A
Packard's very first car — the 1899 single-cylinder Model A runabout that founded the marque in Warren, Ohio.
Packard Eight
Packard's straight-eight senior line of the 1920s–30s — the volume luxury car that built the marque's prestige.
Packard Twin Six
One of the world's first production V12 cars — Packard's Twin Six (1916–1923) put a twelve-cylinder engine within reach of the wealthy.
Packard Twelve
Packard's magnificent V12 of the classic era (1933–1939) — a rival to the finest Rolls-Royce, Cadillac V16, and Pierce-Arrow.
Packard One-Twenty
The mid-priced straight-eight (1935–1941) that broadened Packard's market and kept the company alive through the Depression.
Panhard Dynamic
Panhard's Art Deco masterpiece — a streamlined, center-driving-position saloon that was the last sleeve-valve production car in the world.
Peerless Green Dragon
The Peerless racer designed by Louis Mooers and driven by Barney Oldfield to a string of early world speed records, making Peerless a household name.
Peerless Model 27
A representative 1910 Peerless — a four-cylinder, 30-horsepower brass-era luxury car bodied as everything from a roadster to a seven-passenger limousine.
Peerless Model 56 (V8)
Peerless's pioneering V8 luxury car — among the earliest American V8s, launched to chase Cadillac and the company's mainstay through the late 1910s and early 1920s.
Peerless Custom Eight
Peerless's top-line straight-eight of 1930–1931 on a long 138-inch wheelbase — a Classic Car Club of America 'Full Classic'.
Peerless Master Eight
A Continental-engined straight-eight Peerless — the mid-range model of 1930–1931, among the last cars the company built before it stopped production in 1931.
Piccard-Pictet 20/24 hp Touring Four
The founding Pic-Pic — a Marc Birkigt-designed inline-four tourer badged 'S.A.G.' that launched the marque at the 1906 Geneva show.
Piccard-Pictet 14/16 hp Monobloc Four
A smaller, modern 2.4-litre monobloc four — the first car sold under the Piccard-Pictet name after the S.A.G. era ended.
Piccard-Pictet 30 hp Sleeve-Valve Tourer
Switzerland's most advanced pre-war tourer — an early adopter of the Burt-McCollum single-sleeve-valve engine, praised for refinement and silence.
Piccard-Pictet V8 Sleeve-Valve
A rare and ambitious post-war V8 tourer — Pic-Pic's last major technical statement before the company's collapse.
Piccard-Pictet 2.9-litre Sleeve-Valve Four
The more accessible post-war Pic-Pic — a 2.9-litre sleeve-valve four produced alongside the V8 in the marque's final years.
Pierce-Arrow Motorette
Pierce's first automobile (1901–1903) — a single-cylinder runabout using a licensed de Dion engine.
Pierce-Arrow Great Arrow
The four-cylinder Great Arrow (1904 on) — the car that made Pierce's name, winning the first Glidden Tours.
Pierce-Arrow Model 66
The colossal Model 66 (1910–1918) — its T-head six was for a time the largest engine ever fitted to a production car.
Pierce-Arrow Big Six (6-36 / 6-48 / 6-66)
Pierce-Arrow's six-cylinder luxury line of the 1910s–20s — the dual-valve sixes that carried the marque through its golden age.
Pierce-Arrow Series 80
The lower-priced Series 80 (1924–1927) — a more affordable six that broadened Pierce-Arrow's market.
Pierce-Arrow Series 81
A one-year refinement of the Series 80 for 1928, just before Studebaker took control and the straight-eight arrived.
Pierce-Arrow Twelve
Pierce-Arrow's V-12 flagship (1932–1938) — a magnificent, smooth twelve that powered the marque through its final years.
Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow
The streamlined Silver Arrow — a radical 1933 show car ('Suddenly it's 1940!') and the toned-down 1934–1935 production cars that wore the name.
Praga Grand
Praga's flagship pre-war luxury car — a four- and eight-cylinder saloon that served Austro-Hungarian army staff and Czechoslovakia's first president.
Praga Alfa
Praga's mass-market workhorse — a compact, affordable car produced for nearly three decades and totalling around 9,250 units.
Praga Baby
A Depression-era economy car that won 'most elegant small car' at the 1934 Berlin Show — roughly 4,200 built in just three years.
Praga Lady
Praga's last passenger car — a mid-size saloon produced in eight series and, after WWII, in small numbers for government use until 1947.
Protos 17/35 PS
Protos's first series-production model — a 4.6-litre four-cylinder tourer that established the marque's reputation for smooth, reliable running.
Protos Type E1 (18/42 PS)
The longest-running pre-war Protos — an 18/42 PS four-cylinder that kept the marque at the top of the German luxury market through the Siemens era.
Protos 26/50 PS
Protos's flagship six-cylinder — a 6.8-litre tourer admired by Kaiser Wilhelm II and among the most prestigious German cars of its day.
Protos Type C
Protos's sole post-WWI model — a rationalized 2.6-litre four-cylinder tourer that kept the marque alive through the difficult early Weimar years.
Protos Type C1
The final Protos — an uprated 45 hp version of the Type C that carried the marque to its 1926 merger with NAG.
Rambler Rambler (Jeffery era)
Thomas B. Jeffery's original Rambler (1902–1913) — among the first mass-produced American cars, built in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
REO Model A
REO's first car (1905) — a twin-cylinder side-entrance tonneau that quickly outsold Oldsmobile and put the new marque among America's top makers.
REO Speed Wagon
REO's pioneering light delivery truck (1915–1953) — an ancestor of the modern pickup and the namesake of the rock band REO Speedwagon.
REO Flying Cloud
REO's mainstream passenger car (1927–1936) — the first car with Lockheed hydraulic internal-expanding brakes, and the last REO car ever built.
REO Royale
REO's streamlined straight-eight flagship (1931–1935) — Amos Northup's design helped establish true automotive streamlining in America.
Riley Nine
Riley's landmark small car (1926–1938) — Percy Riley's hemi-head high-camshaft engine in saloons, tourers and the racing Brooklands.
Riley MPH
A rare, low two-seat sports car (1934–1935) with a six-cylinder engine and flowing pre-war competition styling.
Riley Sprite
A 1½-litre four-cylinder sports two-seater (1935–1938) with a streamlined cowl and optional pre-selector gearbox — the successor to the MPH and Imp.
Riley 12/4
Riley's 1½-litre four-cylinder mid-1930s car — saloons and tourers whose engine and chassis underpinned the post-war 1½-litre RM cars.
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
The 40/50 HP that made Rolls-Royce's name — the legendarily quiet car Autocar called "the best car in the world," built 1906–1926.
Rosengart LR2
Rosengart's founding model — a French-built, progressively Gallicised version of the Austin 7, the car that launched the marque.
Rosengart LR4 / Cinq
The evolved Austin 7 successor — marketed as the Rosengart Cinq (Five), reflecting its 5 CV tax-horsepower rating.
Rosengart Supertraction
Rosengart's prestige front-wheel-drive coupé and cabriolet, powered by a Citroën Traction Avant engine — the most elegant car the marque ever built.
Rover Rover 8
Rover's very first car (1904) — a single-cylinder light car designed by Edmund Lewis that launched the marque.
Salmson Type AL
Salmson's founding model — a water-cooled four-cylinder cyclecar that sold over 10,000 examples and spawned the famous twin-cam racing variants.
Salmson S4
Salmson's principal inter-war and post-war model — a technically sophisticated small saloon with twin-cam heritage, produced in numerous variants for over two decades.
Saxon Four
Saxon's debut $395 two-seat four-cylinder runabout — a budget rival to the Ford Model T that launched the company and anchored its peak production years.
Saxon Six
Saxon's Continental-powered six-cylinder touring car — introduced at $785 in 1915, it became the company's volume seller and drove Saxon to its peak of seventh-largest U.S. automaker in 1917.
Saxon Duplex
Saxon's final model — a larger overhead-valve four-cylinder car with a closed sedan option, assembled in Ypsilanti as the company made its last stand before bankruptcy.
Singer Ten
Singer's pioneering light car, launched in 1912 and revived through 1949 — an early British best-seller.
Singer Junior
An 848 cc overhead-cam economy car of the late 1920s that helped make Singer Britain's third-largest car maker.
Singer Nine
The 972 cc overhead-cam Nine of the 1930s — saloons, sports tourers, and the basis for the famous Le Mans.
Singer Le Mans
Singer's celebrated 972 cc sports two-seater — underslung chassis, hydraulic brakes, and a giant-killer in 1930s trials and hillclimbs.
Spyker 60 HP
The 1903 Dutch racing car famous as the world's first four-wheel-drive petrol automobile, the first with a six-cylinder engine, and the first with four-wheel brakes.
Standard Little Nine
Standard's smallest 1930s car (1930–1936) — a compact side-valve 'Nine' that sold to the better-off before the streamlined Flying Nine replaced it.
Stanley (Stanley Steamer) Runabout
The light, tiller-and-wheel steam runabouts (Models A through EX) that made Stanley one of America's best-known early carmakers.
Stanley (Stanley Steamer) Rocket
The canoe-shaped steam racer that set the 1906 land speed record at Ormond Beach — 127.66 mph, unbeaten by any car until 1911.
Stanley (Stanley Steamer) Model K Semi-Racer
Stanley's 'fastest stock car in the world' — a road-going semi-racing speedster sold off the back of the Rocket's record.
Stanley (Stanley Steamer) Mountain Wagon
Stanley's huge 9-to-12-passenger steam wagon — a hotel and resort shuttle that could climb grades gasoline cars of the day could not.
Stanley (Stanley Steamer) Model 740
The last Stanley — a 20-hp condensing steamer offered as touring car, roadster, and sedan as the company entered receivership.
Star Star Four
The original four-cylinder Star (1922–1928) — Durant Motors' Continental-powered Ford Model T fighter, launched at $348.
Star Star Six
The six-cylinder Star (1926–1927) — a larger, Continental-six-powered companion to the four on a 107-inch wheelbase.
Star Star Station Wagon
The 1923 Star wagon — widely credited as the first station wagon offered as a factory body style rather than an aftermarket conversion.
Steyr Type II (Waffenauto)
Steyr's debut passenger car — a sturdy 3.3-litre SOHC six that put a weapons factory on the automotive map.
Steyr Type XII
Steyr's international breakthrough — a refined 1.5-litre OHC six that won acclaim from London to Vienna.
Steyr Austria (37/100 hp)
Ferdinand Porsche's ambitious Steyr masterpiece — a 5.3-litre straight-eight that was cancelled after only three prototypes.
Steyr Steyr 120 / 125 Super
A streamlined inter-war six with independent front suspension — 1,400 built before its successor took over.
Steyr Steyr 220
The pinnacle of pre-war Steyr — a 2.3-litre OHV six in four body styles, with coachbuilt Gläser cabriolets.
Steyr Steyr 50 / 55 (Baby)
The 'Steyr Baby' — a VW-contemporary streamlined people's car that sold around 13,000 units before the war.
Stoewer Großer Motorwagen
Stoewer's very first automobile — a four-seat open tourer with a 6.5 hp twin-cylinder engine, one of the first cars built in Germany.
Stoewer G4
Stoewer's most commercially successful pre-war model — a shaft-driven 1.5-litre four-cylinder aimed at the middle market, with 1,070 built.
Stoewer G15 Gigant
One of Stoewer's flagship eight-cylinder luxury cars of the late 1920s — a 4-litre straight-eight producing up to 80 PS.
Stoewer V5
One of Germany's first mass-produced front-wheel-drive cars — a 1.2-litre compact with 2,100 units built across two years.
Stoewer Greif V8
An innovative front-wheel-drive V8 with an aluminium alloy engine — the last Stoewer designed by the founding brothers, with only about 20 built.
Stoewer Greif Junior
Stoewer's best-selling car ever — a streamlined Tatra 75-derived compact that sold 4,000 units in four years.
Stoewer Sedina
Stoewer's final civilian saloon — a 2.4-litre four-cylinder rear-drive car named for Stettin, with 924 built.
Stoewer Arkona
Stoewer's final and largest civilian car — a 3.6-litre six-cylinder named for Cape Arkona, capable of 140 km/h, with 201 built.
Stoewer R200
The Wehrmacht's standard light off-road car — a four-wheel-drive, four-wheel-steer reconnaissance vehicle built by Stoewer, Hanomag, and BMW.
Stutz Bearcat
The car that made Stutz famous — a minimal, race-derived speedster of the 1910s–20s, revived in 1931 with the twin-cam DV-32 engine.
Stutz Vertical Eight
Stutz's straight-eight 'Safety Stutz' line — the platform behind the SV-16, the twin-cam DV-32, and a famous 2nd-place finish at Le Mans 1928.
Stutz Black Hawk (speedster)
A short-lived companion marque and speedster of 1929–1930, sharing the Black Hawk name with Stutz's supercharged record-attempt cars.
Sunbeam 3-Litre Super Sports
Sunbeam's direct Bentley rival of the late 1920s — a twin-cam 3-litre sports tourer built at the peak of the marque's Grand Prix fame.
Talbot 14/45
Georges Roesch's landmark 1,666 cc six-cylinder that revived Talbot's fortunes in 1927 — the foundation of the entire Roesch model range.
Talbot 90
Roesch's 2,276 cc touring Talbot capable of ~90 mph — a stepping stone between the entry-level 75 and the legendary 105.
Talbot 105
The pinnacle of the Roesch era — a 3.0-litre six with staggered valves capable of ~105 mph, victorious in Alpine Trials and at Le Mans.
Talbot 110
The ultimate Roesch Talbot — a 3,377 cc, 120 bhp six rated at ~110 mph, the final evolution before the STD Motors collapse ended the line.
Talbot Talbot-Lago T150
Antonio Lago's pre-war sporting chassis — host to the Figoni et Falaschi 'Teardrop' coupé, one of the most celebrated automotive bodies ever built.
Talbot-Lago Lago Spéciale / T150C
Talbot-Lago's pre-war sporting flagship — a twin-cam 4-litre six with coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi, including the legendary teardrop coupés.
Tatra Tatra 11
The 1923 car that introduced Tatra's signature backbone-tube chassis and swing-axle rear suspension — the technical foundation of every subsequent Tatra.
Tatra Tatra 77
The world's first production aerodynamically designed car — a rear-engined, air-cooled V8 fastback conceived with Zeppelin engineer Paul Jaray.
Terraplane Terraplane
The low-priced six that carried Hudson through the Depression — light, quick, and famous for its power-to-weight ratio.
Terraplane Terraplane Eight
The straight-eight Terraplane (1933) — a 244-cubic-inch eight on the long wheelbase that made it one of the hottest low-priced cars of its day.
Terraplane Terraplane Pickup
Light commercial trucks on the Terraplane chassis — car-based pickups and express bodies built through the marque's life.
Touring Superleggera Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Berlinetta
The pre-war pinnacle of Touring's art — a handful of aluminium berlinettas on Alfa Romeo's supercharged straight-eight chassis, now among the most valuable cars ever auctioned.
Trojan Utility Car
Trojan's founding model — a radically simple two-stroke economy car with only seven moving parts, built first by Leyland at Kingston upon Thames (1922–1928) then at Croydon until 1937.
Trojan RE
Trojan's rear-engined successor to the Utility Car — capable of 45 mph but hampered by outdated features; only about 250 were sold.
Unic 12/14 hp Taxi
The iconic monobloc 1944 cc four-cylinder taxi that dominated Paris and London cab ranks for roughly 25 years.
Unic 10/12 hp Twin
Unic's founding model — a 1798 cc twin-cylinder light car that launched the marque and appeared as early London taxi chassis.
Unic Type L
Post-war touring model with a 1847 cc four-cylinder, four-wheel brakes, and a sporting L3T3 Sport variant capable of 70 mph.
Unic Type H1
Unic's first eight-cylinder car — a 2.5-litre straight-eight with overhead valves, introduced for 1929.
Unic U4
A modern 2-litre four-cylinder with independent front suspension and a Cotal electromagnetic gearbox option — Unic's last passenger car family.
Unic U6
A 3-litre six-cylinder flagship launched alongside the U4 in 1934, with an OHV pushrod engine and optional Cotal preselector gearbox.
Vauxhall Prince Henry
One of the world's first true sports cars — the fast, light Edwardian Vauxhall that made the marque's name.
Vauxhall 30-98
A revered Vintage-era British sports car developed from the Prince Henry — a 100 mph machine for the 1920s.
Velie Velie Four
Velie's founding four-cylinder line (1909–~1915) — 30 to 40 hp, touring or roadster body, with in-house engines from 1911, and the cars that established the Moline marque.
Velie Model 48
The 'New Velie Six' — a 55 hp six-cylinder car that coincided with Velie's production peak of roughly 9,000 units in 1920.
Velie Model 58
Velie's bold single-model gamble — the company bet its entire 1922 lineup on one OHV six-cylinder car at a time when most competitors offered a range.
Velie Model 60
The technological peak of Velie's six-cylinder line — balloon tires, four-wheel hydraulic brakes, and a 58 hp OHV six on a 118-inch wheelbase.
Velie Model 8-88
Velie's final and most powerful car — a 90 hp Lycoming straight-eight on a 125-inch wheelbase, launched the same year its founder died.
Vinot-Deguingand Twin-Cylinder (5½ HP / 10CV)
Vinot-Deguingand's founding model — a 1,500 cc vertical-twin with belt and chain transmission sold in Britain as 'La Silencieuses', evolving by 1903 into a conventional chain-driven 10CV.
Vinot-Deguingand Type H / Type F (Four-Cylinder)
The Edwardian four-cylinder range — the 14 HP Type H (3,300 cc) and 18 HP Type F — that established Vinot-Deguingand as a credible mid-market manufacturer and competed at the Isle of Man TT.
Vinot-Deguingand Type BO
The post-WWI four-cylinder flagship — a 2,603 cc 15/20 HP four-seater with a 3,030 mm wheelbase, exhibited at the 1919 Paris Motor Show and the principal Vinot-Deguingand offering into the early 1920s.
Vinot-Deguingand Type BP
The 1,847 cc overhead-valve four-cylinder that became Vinot-Deguingand's final production car and entered the inaugural 1923 Le Mans 24 Hours, finishing 26th overall.
Voisin C1
Voisin's founding production car — a 4.0-litre sleeve-valve four-cylinder limousine built in tiny numbers to establish the marque.
Voisin C6 Laboratoire
The world's first monocoque Grand Prix car — an all-aluminum racing machine built for the 1923 French Grand Prix.
Voisin C11
Voisin's most commercially successful model — the marque's first six-cylinder car, with around 2,200 examples built.
Voisin C14
A refined evolution of the six-cylinder formula — 1,795 examples built, the C14 bridged the prosperous late 1920s and the harsher Depression years.
Voisin C25 Aérodyne
One of the most visually radical cars of the Art Deco era — a fastback four-seater with a sliding sunroof, only six Aérodyne bodies built.
Voisin C28
The last true Voisin to reach meaningful production — a 3.3-litre car with fully integrated fender bodywork that foreshadowed post-war design.
Voisin C30
The final Voisin model — a handful of cars built as the company closed, representing the end of Gabriel Voisin's automotive career.
Wanderer Puppchen
Wanderer's beloved entry into automobiles — a tiny tandem two-seater so charming it earned the nickname 'little doll', produced 1912–1926.
Wanderer W11
Wanderer's first six-cylinder model — a 2.5-litre 50 PS tourer that established the marque in the upper-middle class, 1928–1933.
Wanderer W21
The first Wanderer built under Auto Union — a 1,690 cc six-cylinder middle-class saloon that directly rivalled the Mercedes-Benz 170, 1933–1936.
Wanderer W22
A step above the W21 — a 1,950 cc six-cylinder saloon with Pullman-limousine bodywork available, sharing the W21 platform but with more power, 1933–1938.
Wanderer W24
Wanderer's best-selling model — a 1,767 cc four-cylinder saloon of which around 23,000 were built before wartime halted production, 1937–1940.
Wanderer W50
Wanderer's flagship under Auto Union — a 2,257 cc six-cylinder top-of-range model, 1936–1939.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys Americar
Willys's economical prewar compact (1937–1942) — best remembered today as a hot-rod and gasser favorite.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys 77
A small, cheap Depression-era Willys (1933–1936) with a streamlined Amos Northup body — the company's survival car.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Willys-Knight
Willys's prestigious sleeve-valve line (1914–1933) — 'the only engine that improves with use,' and the last sleeve-valve car built in America.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Whippet (Overland Whippet)
A light, cheap small car (1926–1931) that briefly made Willys-Overland the US's third-largest automaker.
Willys (Willys-Overland) Overland
The volume Overland line John Willys built the company on — affordable poppet-valve cars that drove its 1910s rise.
Wolseley Hornet
Wolseley's overhead-cam six-cylinder light car of the 1930s — a popular, affordable sporting machine in saloon, coupé and open forms.
ZIL ZIS-101
The first Soviet luxury limousine — a Buick-derived flagship for Stalin's Politburo, built 1936–1941.