The final statement of Marmon.

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Not every saloon - or sedan in american phrasing -  is a bland piece of tin that awakens the hunger of sport special builders. Look at this 'face' radiating pride and arrogance. It was Marmon's last attempt for a comeback that never came.  The idea was to launch a model in between the straight eight and the oilwell eating V16.  The V12 was three quarters the size of the V16 and produced three quarter of the output at 151 brake horsepower. Not known is if the same counts for the fuel concumption.  It still will be impressive. Especially when you try to repeat the topspeed of 113 mph (180 km/hr) that was realised during testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway back then.  But even  more impressive than the figures is the design of the body by Walter Dorwin Teague jr. who was inspired by high-end Renault design of the time and  Frank Lockharts Stutz Blackhawk with wheel wrapping fenders. Not many Lancia affcionado's will know that these front fenders are hiding sliding pillar front suspension very similar to the 1921 Lancia design. We take the liberty to point out one blemish on the history of this superior saloon. We understand that the original gearbox and overdrive unit due to engineering difficulties were exchanged for the standard unit of a Marmon V16. Well the good news of that at least there is something left to restore for the future caretaker on this otherwise perfect car.  The 1932 Marmon HCM V12 two door sedan prototype will come to auction during the Amelia Island Concours next week by RM Auctions.

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