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Star was able to match Chevrolet prices during most of its life, ranging from $443 in 1923 to $525 (equivalent to $9,209 in 2023) in 1927 for a touring car. [1] [2] In 1923, Star became the first car company to offer a production station wagon. Instead of shipping a chassis out to a custom builder, who added a wooden wagon body, the wagon body ...
Durant co-founded a truck-making subsidiary, Mason Truck, and also acquired numerous ancillary companies to support Durant Motors.In 1927, the Durant line was shut down to retool for a brand-new, modernized car for 1928, re-emerging in 1928 with Durant, Locomobile, and Rugby lines in place, and dropping the Mason Truck and Flint automobile lines and the top-selling Star car in April 1928.
Until the mid-1920s, this car was Locomobile's only offering. In 1925, the marque brought out their first new model, the 8-66 Junior Eight, with a more contemporary straight-eight engine, and more importantly, a lower price of $1,785. Introduction of the even smaller Junior Six was in 1926, but this car remained available only for one model year.
The company responded to the increasing number of low-priced cars—including the $600 Ford Model N, the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout at $650, [7] the $485 Brush Runabout, [8] the Black at $375, [9] the $500 Western Gale Model A, [10] and the bargain-basement Success an amazingly low $250 [7] —by introducing the Model 25, their cheapest four yet. [11]
1929 Durant Deluxe Roadster 4-40 at Stahls Automotive Collection. The Durant was a make of automobile assembled by Durant Motors Corporation of New York City, New York from 1921 to 1926 and again from 1928 to 1932.
Aircraft first flown in 1927 (144 P) C. ... Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car; L. Lancia Eptajota; Leyland Titan (front-engined double-decker) O. Opel 8/40 PS
Pages in category "Cars introduced in 1927" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adler Standard 6;
20.1 hp tourer 1914 11.9 saloon 1922. The Star Motor Company was a British car and commercial vehicle maker based in Wolverhampton and active from 1898 to 1932. At its peak Star was the UK's sixth largest car manufacturer and produced around 1000 cars a year.