Delage

1946 Delage D6-3L
1939
1939 Delage D8-120 Chapron Cabriolet
1939 Delage D8-120 S Letourneur et Marchand Aerosport Coupe ...

It was Delage founder Louis Delage who asked Marcel Pourtout to build this high-speed aerodynamic prototype (chassis 51620) for the 1937 Paris Auto Salon. Georges Paulin was the chief stylist for Pourtout, and he accepted the challenge.

Some echoic names now also gone should be mentioned: Willys, Hupmobile, Hudson, Packard. And then the ones that evoke a motor sporting and touring nostalgia in the grand manner - Alvis, Armstrong Siddley, Delage, Frazer Nash, Studebaker, ...

Desmodromic valve systems are first mentioned in patents in 1896 by Gustav Mees, and in 1907 the Aries is described as having a V4 engine with "desmodromique" valve actuation, but details are scarce. The 1914 Grand Prix Delage used a desmodromic ...

In a certain sense the modern market is not unlike the 1930's, where wealthy customers would order exotic bespoke designs from high-end coach builders on Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Delage, Delahaye and Isotta-Fraschini chassis, just to mention a few." ...

His Peugeot twin-cam engine, perhaps one of the most successful racing engine designs of all-time, became the model for a large number of copies from companies like Delage, Fiat and Nangent in their racing cars.

See also: Bentley, BMW 3, Pininfarina, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes B