Marquette (automobile)

Marquette was an automobile brand from General Motors.

Description

From the mid- 1920s it became fashionable, well-established brands to provide affiliates aside, what other (usually lower -priced ) customer segments covering than this. General Motors also followed this trend. It all began in 1926 with the Oakland cheaper Pontiac and 1927 Cadillac with the LaSalle. Both were very successful, and so it was decided to set up for Oldsmobile and Buick respective brands ( Chevrolet was not provided ). Published in 1929 for model year 1930, the Viking of Oldsmobile and Buick Marquette.

Models

The Marquette Series 30 - so the official name - was a solid, well-designed car of the (U.S.) - middle class. Among the peculiarities heard that the engine was derived from an Oldsmobile unit and not developed at Buick what the Buick engineers has always been a thorn in the side. (" L -head" side inlet and outlet valves ) atypical - Buick used a design with the valves in the cylinder head ( "valve - in -head" ) Thus, the six-cylinder engine was with his " flat head " design. The unspectacular engine made ​​67.5 bhp at 3000 rpm from 3488 cc ( 212.8 ci) of displacement. The wheelbase was 2896 mm standard class (114 inches)

Model 1930

The following are the new prices of comparable models in four-door sedan version.

DeSoto CF, Dodge DA, Viking Eight and Hudson Great Eight were eight-cylinder, the latter also significantly greater. The six-cylinder DeSoto and Dodge and the standard Oldsmobile Sedan were under $ 1000 with much cheaper. It is surprising that the Marquette initially sold so well - the Viking had it much harder, it was positioned (such as the LaSalle ) between Buick and Cadillac.

Launch of Marquette was June 1, 1929 for model year 1930, the production value reached in the years 1929-1931 35,007 pieces in the U.S. ( including 4437 bare chassis) and other 6535 piece in Canada.; the last ones were built in 1931 from existing parts. So there's 29er, 30er and 31er Marquette, but all are identical and serve as a model year 1930.

For quick setting of Marquette there are a number of reasons. The most important also affected the other newcomer, the Viking: On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, leading to a shock-like market downturn in virtually all areas. The positioning of the Marquette had the effect that Oldsmobile customers lost to Marquette. For Buick, there was the aforementioned internal resistance of the " cuckoo " of Oldsmobile. The management was also of the opinion that Marquette not enough vehicles sold in order to survive in the tough economic times can.

And Marquette had in the philosophy of Buick products no place, because from 1931 only eight-cylinder should be made ​​.