1920s Car Research Paper

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1920s Automobiles Think of the automobiles around today, luxury cars with seat heaters, touch screen radios, sunroofs, and more, now imagine not having all the luxury and taking it all the way back to the very vehicle. 1920’s automobiles began with the Ford Model T, production of 10 iconic cars, and the legends of the “Big Three” automotive companies. The Model T was a four-cylinder, twenty-horsepower automobile with a two-speed planetary transmission. The Model T had a detachable cylinder head therefore making it easy to repair and a high frame in order to easily go over bumps in rural roads. This vehicle was made from vanadium steel making it a lighter and tougher car and with new ways of casting parts the price was easy to keep down. …show more content…

From each year of the 1920s one automobile was picked out as the most popular, starting at the 1920 Kissel Model 6-45 ‘Gold Bug’ Speedster became popular among celebrities and is being priced today at $206,500. 1921 the Mercer Series 5 Raceabout became popular due to its four cylinder engine, and now pricing at $340,000. 1922 the Packard Twin Six Model 3-35 Special Runabout became popular for long drives at high speeds, the vehicle topping in comfort, and its “twin six”; a 60- degree V-12 engine, today being priced at $111,500. 1923 the Lincoln L-Series Sports Phaeton became popular because of its sporty look, pricing at $130,750. 1924 the Cadillac Series V-63 Phaeton became popular because of the four-wheel brakes, pricing at $59,000. 1925 the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster became popular because it represented the epitome of prestige and beauty, also being entirely hand-built, pricing at $393,250. 1926 the Pierce-Arrow Series 33 Runabout became popular because the elegant look, pricing at $69,000. 1927 the Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A BoatTail Tourer became popular because its 135-horsepower eight-cylinder engine, pricing at $466,500, 1928 Stutz BB Blackhawk BoatTail Speedster became popular due to the ability to sustain speeds more than 105 mph, pricing at $362,750. 1929 the Duesenberg Model J became popular because of its