Oldsmobile Model D

Oldsmobile Model D
Overview
ManufacturerGeneral Motors
Production1909
Model years1909
Chronology
PredecessorOldsmobile Model M

The Model D was a four-seat passenger car produced by General Motors under the Oldsmobile brand in 1909, replacing the Model M. It was the last car engineered by Oldsmobile before it became a division of GM and began sharing a platform with Buick.[1]

History

The Model D was equipped with a side-valve, in-line 336 cu in (5,506 cc) four-cylinder engine developing 40 bhp. The engine was installed in the front, driving the rear wheels through a transmission shaft. The gearbox had three forward gears, with the gearshift lever positioned to the right of the driver.[2]

The brake pedal came into contact with the drum brake on the rear wheels. The Model D had a wheelbase of 112 in (2,845 mm) and was offered as a 5 passenger touring car, 4-door landaulet or 4-door sedan, with a retail price of US$4,000 ($135,644 in 2023 dollars [3]) for the Landaulet, while the Cadillac Model D was sold for US$2,800.[2] The previously offered 2-door roadster was now given its own designation called the Model DR.[2]

1,000 Model D were manufactured in 1908, and it was replaced by the Series 22 in 1910, and the roadster was called the Series 25.[2]

References

  1. ^ Georgano, N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.[page needed]
  2. ^ a b c d Kimes, Beverly (1996). Standard catalog of American Cars 1805–1942 (third ed.). Krause publications. pp. 1061–1088. ISBN 0-87341-478-0.
  3. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.


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