Paige automobile

Paige and Paige - Detroit were automobile brands in the Paige - Detroit Motor Car Company in Detroit ( Michigan) 1908-1927 cars and was offered after a takeover of Graham - Paige Motors Corporation.

Behind the brand Paige - Detroit was the businessman Harry M. Jewett of $ 100,000 invested to own and borrowed money. He was convinced of the merits of a design by Andrew Bachle and called Fred O. Paige, previously President of the acquired by General Motors Reliance Motor Car Company, in the same position in his company.

The car was released in 1908 called Paige - Detroit Model 1 and was a two-seat roadster with a 2.2 liter three-cylinder two -stroke engine. The power was 25 hp by former calculation method. The car had a wheelbase of 2794 mm (110 inches) and cost only U.S. $ 800 The inexperienced in the automotive business Jewett soon learned that this car was not working satisfactorily. To save his investment, he ordered in 1910 to stop the production of, dismissed Paige, himself took the office of president and began under the name Paige new models on the market to bring.

By 1914, Paige built exclusively solid, conventional midsize car with melodious names like Kenilworth Roadster, Sultan Sedan, Coupe or LaMarquise Meadowbrook Runabout. The prices for open versions were initially just below, later about U.S. $ 1000. 1915 appeared a 29.4 hp six-cylinder with prices around U.S. $ 1400th The following year sparked a smaller six-cylinder with 22 hp four-cylinder off and put only six-cylinder car with 3, 7 and 4.9 liters of displacement ago in the middle and upper middle class. The Paige joined, among others, with brands such as Oakland, Studebaker, Nash Oldsmobile or in competition.

1914 Paige had built cars 4631, 1915, 7749 and 1916 were already 12,456.

With the Model 6-66, Paige tried to get a foothold in the luxury class. However, the car remained an outsider although Ralph Mulford in Daytona Beach with a stripped-down version of a record of 102.83 mph ( 165.49 km / h) over a mile (1609 m) aufstellte. This resulted in 1922, probably best known Paige, the made-to- order 6-66 Daytona; a sporty roadster with dreisitziger 6 -liter engine. The third seat could be opened from the right running board of the vehicle from. 1923 was followed by a follow-up version 6-70 Daytona, then the model was discontinued.

Paige claimed in advertising that it is producing the " most beautiful cars of America" ​​here.

Jewett

A better idea was introduced in 1923, Jewett, of course, named after the president of the company. Founded to Jewett Motors, Inc. was 100 percent a subsidiary of Paige - Detroit Motor Car Company and the vehicles ran from the same bands as the Paige. The Jewett was an attractive six-cylinder engine with 50 bhp ( 37.3 kW) and a wheelbase of 2845 mm. The car cost about U.S. $ 1000 a pioneering achievement was the introduction of hydraulic brakes for this class 1926 -. A " New Day " for his car, as its name said. Therefore welcomed the recent models Jewett New Day. The car was able Paige but only a short time to stabilize and was still set in 1926 as a brand. The following year it was offered as Paige 6-45.

1925, the Paige - Detroit Motor Car Company had occupied the 10th place in the U.S. auto industry. As of 1927, there were in addition to the six-cylinder models, the eight-cylinder 8-85. When it became clear that it would amount to $ 2.5 million this year to U.S. the annual loss Jewett sold the company to the Graham brothers. These renamed it in Graham - Paige Motors Corporation and built in the years to automobiles under the name Graham - Paige (up to 1930) and Graham ( 1930-1941 ).

Swell

• Kimes, Beverly Rae ( editor ) and Clark, Henry Austin, Jr.; The Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805-1942, 2nd edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990, USA (1985 ), ISBN 0-87341-111-0 (English ); S. 750 and 1102