AUBURN 851 SC – year 1937

Manufacturer: Auburn Automobile Co., Auburn, Indiana, USA.

Auburn was one of the great companies of the American auto industry in the 1930s, models of which fall into the super-luxury category.

He founded the company in 1888 r. Charles Eckhart, German emigrant, contributing to your experience with Studebaker. His two sons ran a factory after him: Frank i Morris. It was named - Auburn after a town in Indiana, in which it was based. Car production was started here only in 1900 r.

After all, the company only started to prosper in 1924 r. after it was purchased by Loban Cord. Thats an entrepreneur in age 29 over the years he became a director of Auburn and president of the company that encompasses the Auburn brands, Cord i Duesenberg. A golden age had begun for Auburn. They brought the brand's most successful model - Auburn 851 SC.

The car with a Lycoming engine developed power 84,5 kW (115 KM), and even with a compressor 110,3 (150 KM). Inline, water-cooled 8-cylinder engine 4590 cm3 with a low valve timing. An aluminum cylinder head is mounted on the cast iron cylinder block. The hydraulic brakes worked on all of them 4 wheels. The drive to the rear axle was transmitted via a 3-speed gearbox and a propeller shaft. The frame chassis was sprung by semi-elliptical leaf springs. The car developed top speed 160 km/h.

W 1937 r. Auburn has released its last 12 cylinder model. Soon after, E.. L. Cord closed down the company.