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"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant) 05/19/2015 at 15:41 • Filed to: None

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That the Duesenberg Model J can do a 0-60 time faster than the average car today.

Opposite Locksmith > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 05/19/2015 at 15:45

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Gimmmme some numbers

dogisbadob > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 05/19/2015 at 15:48

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supposedly its 0-60 time was only 8 seconds. Wow!

Let’s see if Tesla grabs the name :p

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Opposite Locksmith 05/19/2015 at 15:48

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Although I cant find it now, I recall reading that the average car now does 0-60 in 8.3 seconds. The Model J does it in 8.0

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > dogisbadob 05/19/2015 at 15:49

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Most cars at the time couldn’t even do 60 at all, this was a sonic boom with a top speed of 140 if supercharged.

Party-vi > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 05/19/2015 at 15:52

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MultiplaOrgasms > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 05/19/2015 at 15:55

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Duesenberg cementing their status as one of the most awesome car manufacturers of all time.

Azrek > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 05/19/2015 at 16:08

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Sultan : “ Rolls-Royce Phantom Two. 4.3 litre, 30 horsepower, six cylinder engine, with Stromberg Downdraft carburetor. Can go from zero to 100 kilometers an hour in 12.5 seconds. And I even like the color. ” Donovan : “ The keys are in the ignition, Your Highness. ”

RallyWrench > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 05/19/2015 at 16:24

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I can only imagine how this thing must sound in full fury. I’ve been around a couple running at low speed, but nothing near fully lit.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > RallyWrench 05/19/2015 at 17:01

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I’m imagining something like the ominous deep howl of strong wind against a house.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 05/19/2015 at 17:40

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Wonder what the SJ would do?

I should know that.

ranwhenparked > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 05/19/2015 at 22:30

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One of the few prewar cars that can easily drive in the left lane of the superhighway without breaking a sweat.

Add in the smooth ride and the proto-ABS, and you could theoretically drive one every day in modern traffic, assuming you were in a warm, salt-free climate and rich enough not to care if it got damaged. So, if you were Jay Leno.

I don’t think there are really any modern cars today that represent such a massive leap over the performance of the average family car of the day - even the Veyron is still closer to a Camry than a Model J was to a Model A (actually, the Model T was still being built while the Model J design was under development).

This was possibly the last time that an American manufacturer could truely claim to have the best luxury car in the world by every conceivable metric, at least maybe until Tesla came along.