Pierce-Arrow Model History

United States · founded 1901

Buffalo, New York luxury automaker (1901–1938) — one of the 'Three P's' of American prestige cars, famed for fender-mounted headlamps, the giant Model 66, and the streamlined Silver Arrow.

Models

Motorette

Pierce's first automobile (1901–1903) — a single-cylinder runabout using a licensed de Dion engine.

Runabout · 1901–1903
Great Arrow

The four-cylinder Great Arrow (1904 on) — the car that made Pierce's name, winning the first Glidden Tours.

Touring car · 1904–1908
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.

Touring car · 1910–1918
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.

Touring car · 1910–1924
Series 80

The lower-priced Series 80 (1924–1927) — a more affordable six that broadened Pierce-Arrow's market.

Luxury car · 1924–1927
Series 81

A one-year refinement of the Series 80 for 1928, just before Studebaker took control and the straight-eight arrived.

Luxury car · 1928–1928
Twelve

Pierce-Arrow's V-12 flagship (1932–1938) — a magnificent, smooth twelve that powered the marque through its final years.

Luxury car · 1932–1938
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.

Coupe · 1933–1935

Other makes