DELAGE (France) 1905-1959
Louis Delage started in Courbevoie with a single-cylinder De Dion-engined
car.
This was later followed by a 1460cc four-cylinder 9 cv, numerous
12 cv models and a six-cylinder of 2588cc, but it was not until
the post-war period that Delage production became really significant.
The first of the much-admired Delage cars was the CO of 1918, with
a six-cylinder 20 cv engine of 4532cc. That car became the CO2 in
1921.
The 1920s saw many racing successes for Delage: the most successful
touring cars of the period were the DI of 2120cc and the GL with
an ohc 30 cv engine of 5945cc. There then came a long line of six-cylinders
like the ohv DM of 3174cc and the sv DR of 2516cc.
In 1929 Delage presented their first straight-eight, the 4060cc
D8, from which the D8S sports evolved. In 1932 came the D6 11 of
2100cc, and two years later the new eight-cylinder D8 15 of 2700cc.
When Delage was forced to sell to Delahaye, some cars were continued,
such as the 4300cc D8 100, the D8 120 and the 2700cc D6 70.
After the war a six-cylinder model was advertised as a Delage by
Delahaye, but the name eventually disappeared.
See the club "Les
Amis de Delage" website
Delage D8
1937 Delage D8 120
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