Duesenberg Model A

<p>The Duesenberg Model A was the first <a href="/facts/Automobile/I1IsH8IK">automobile</a> in series production to have <a href="/facts/Hydraulic_brake/IfEbsSAl">hydraulic brakes</a> and the first automobile in series production in the United States with a <a href="/facts/Straight-eight_engine/phKbaSCQ">straight-eight engine</a>. Officially known as the Duesenberg Straight Eight, the Model A was first shown in late 1920 in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. Production was delayed by substantial changes to the design of the car, including a change in the engine <a href="/facts/Valvetrain/PMAR1vSR">valvetrain</a> from horizontal <a href="/facts/Overhead_valve/zd4v8vWf">overhead valves</a> to an <a href="/facts/Overhead_camshaft/z2D9nIL5">overhead camshaft</a>; also during this time, the company had moved its headquarters and factory from New Jersey to Indiana. The Model A was manufactured in <a href="/facts/Indianapolis%2c_Indiana/r8BQof9G">Indianapolis, Indiana</a>, from 1921 to 1925 by the <a href="/facts/Duesenberg/e7u8Mou3">Duesenberg</a> Automobiles and Motors Company and from 1925 to 1926 at the same factory by the restructured Duesenberg Motor Company. The successors to the company began referring to the car as the Model A when the <a href="/facts/Duesenberg_Model_J/s8UIuewp">Model J</a> was introduced.
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Duesenberg Model A open-in-new

Duesenberg Model A