The Greatest American Car Ever

Those cars are still more attractive than anything you can buy today.

Duesenberg and Tesla do not belong in the same sentence. Teslas quality pales next to average cars like Toyota and Chevrolet. Please don’t insult one of if not the greatest American car ever built, only cars like Packard and Cadillac could come close and in some cases (few) better than a Duesi

Whenever I was a little kid I went to the Dusenberg museum. At the time I didn’t understand the significance and beauty that these cars had to the auto industry. Hopefully I’ll go back soon.

I wish more people knew about the golden age of American cars

My grandfather was born in 1914 and the Duesenberg was his favorite car. I doubt he ever saw one in person but it was the poster car of the day like a Lamborghini or a Bugatti.

craftmanship even over 100 yrs later BEAUTIFUL America's SUPERCAR

The Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, IN is a magical place and not that far from I-80 if you're passing through.

I had the good fortune to visit the ACD Museum in Auburn, Indiana around 1994. What a museum. Also, there was a guy here in Connecticut that used to bring his two! Duesenbergs to the car show at the Durham fair grounds in CT every year in the late '80's-early '90's. I have a 1965 "Road and Track" magazine which covers the annual event at the ACD Museum. One picture showed a Duesenberg towing a Cord, all the way from Mass! Another photo showed the present (1965) owner of the "Mormon Meteor" a record breaking Bonneville Salt Flat Duesenberg racer. So yeah, a Duesenberg was by far the best of the best. I really am a lucky man to have experienced these occurrences! By the way, I still have that "Road and Track" magazine. Cheers for the video.

About 25-30 years ago I’m sitting at a red light in Roslyn, Long Island, NY. To my left, a Duesenberg entered the intersection and made a left to be on the road that I was on. I caught up to it and noticed an extra plate on the back that said something like “ITSADOOZIE”. Only one I have ever seen live.

Good program! I would agree about Duesenberg J and SJ having been the “best “ US cars. There were other companies such as Packard and Pierce Arrow that produced very well engineered luxury cars with high quality materials and build quality and offering good performance. What set Duesenberg in a class of its own was the unique combination of top luxury and hand built quality with what today we would call a supercar powertrain and performance. It was a creature of its time, not to be repeated. What passes for “luxury-performance cars today reminds one of appliances, “computers on wheels “ styled like and produced like mass market cars .

Comparing Duesenberg to Tesla is like comparing fine china to paper plates. Duesenberg is akin to rolling sculpture. Not bad for a couple of guys named Fred and Augie from Iowa.

This is a great video to introduce a neophyte to the world of the cars between the wars. I had a chance opportunity to ride in the “Twenty Grand” world’s fair Dusenberg, in a July 4th parade in the early 1960’s. My brother and I were kids in our early teen years, but that was an automobile, not a car. The details were amazing. A marble gear shift knob, and an altimeter in the dash. As you stated, there will likely not be another automobile that would deserve comparison to this legend. The Tesla has some nice features, but it also comes with an extension cord and plug, not a supercharger, or cylinders.

At 64 years old, I remember back (during my childhood) when the elderly would use the expression... "that's a real Duesy" ...and many folks using the saying with no clue nor (experienced) point of reference. 😂

Works of art in power and motion.

I’m inclined to agree with you, and it would be hard to argue. Also… Tesla has absolutely NO business being in this video. It’s a more expensive Prius thing. Modern “Money no object” vehicles? Rolls Royce and Bentley come to mind, although their engineering is generally fully conventional.

I could stand in front of these at the museum in Auburn for hours and hours...

This car is the PROOF that truly even the "Muscle Cars" of the 60s were outdated technology when they were new....Duesenberg was using Race/Aircraft technology (DOHC/4V/Supercharging) in road going automobiles, it took another SIXTY years (until the 90's) for even Corvette/Cadillac to use this 1930's type of Technology and another 10 years for it to trickle down to Common Automobiles (Though usually in 4/6 cylinder form, the V8's were still reserved for the Sport/Luxury Cars.)

That straight 8 must sound amazing.

Yes! The most beautiful cars ever made in the USA!

I'd have to throw in Pierce Arrow and Ruxton as runner ups.