Hupmobile Model History

United States · founded 1909

Detroit's Hupp Motor Car Company (1909–1940) — pioneer of the all-steel body, peak producer of 65,000 cars in 1928, and author of the Cord-bodied Skylark that closed 31 years and 561,664 vehicles.

Models

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.

Runabout · 1909–1913
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.

Touring car · 1912–1915
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.

Touring car · 1917–1925
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.

Sedan · 1925–1928
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.

Sedan · 1934–1937
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.

Sedan · 1939–1940

Other makes