Auburn Speedster 1936 Auctioned, Elegant And Rare American Car Legend

Auburn Speedster 1936. (Doc. RM Sotheby's)

JAKARTA - In the Bugatti era, the French and Bentley people amazed in England, the United States had the answer: Auburn Speedster.

Introduced for the first time by the car company Auburn in Indiana in 1928, the Auburn Speedster was inspired by the luxury car manufacturer Duesenberg's exhibition car. Production continues with interesting variations until 1936.

Now a unit of the 1936 Auburn Speedster, an American automotive work of art, will soon be offered at an auction in Miami, USA on March 1-2 2024 by the RM Sothebys auction house.

Reported by the RM Sotheby's page, February 23, this car is special for several reasons that should be taken into account is a purely famous version of Gordon Buehrig's famous design. The only one that has ever been produced with a trim Custom and a naturally aspirationd engine. Has machines, chassis, and body that are still in original condition. Just restored with its original interesting colors, Duck Egg Blue and red. Bakan, his car once had a Full Classic award from the Classic Car Club of America (CCA).

Legendary Design Gordon Buehrig

Speedster 19351936 was designed by Gordon Buehrig, a design maestro who has an early design experience with luxury Packard manufacturers, General Motors, and Stutz.

For the Auburn Speedster, it features a very daring design for its time, with a curved body and engine hood line extending back from the radiator to the sharp V-shaped windshield, among the elegant Ponton sepabors. The distinctive rear design, with chrome decorations and elegant stripping, earned him the nickname eternal, "Boattail".

Performance And Price Kisaran

This speedster has impressive performance, like other supercharged Auburn models. Its power is channeled to the rear axis of Columbia dual-ratio, a standard feature in supercharged models, which provides two ratios for each tooth, both low and high. This feature makes Auburn supercharged the ideal "driver car" to traverse the city or compete on rural roads.

Although most of the speedsters appear glamorous with supercharged engines, the Auburn factory records show this unit is the only naturally aspirationed speedster made with the highest Custom trim and two-speed Dual Ratio rear axis.

This car is assembled not in Connersville like most Auburn 19351936, but at the original Auburn production facility in its hometown, Auburn, Indiana.

Finally, the question of the price of RM Sotheby's having a fairly high estimated price for the 1936 Auburn Speedster will be sold for between 700 thousand-900 thousand US dollars or equivalent to Rp11 billion-Rp14 billion.