De Luxe

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For the record label, see De Luxe Records

The De Luxe was an American automobile manufactured in 1908 by the De Luxe Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan. The De Luxe was a high-priced vehicle for its day, retailing for around $5000. De Luxe took over the factory belonging to the Kirk Manufacturing Company, maker of the Yale automobile in Toledo, Ohio in 1906. Soon after De Luxe moved to a brand new facility on a 15 acre site on Clark Street at Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. After producing Less than 100 cars in 1908, the company was acquired by the E-M-F Company in 1909. The factory was used by E-M-F to build the Flanders 20. E-M-F was acquired by Studebaker in 1910, who continued to produce automobiles in Detroit until its operations were moved to South Bend, Indiana in the 1920's.

[edit] See also

• Pontiac marketed cars under the name "De-Lux"
• Deluxe

[edit] References

• Bonsall, Thomas E., More Than They Promised: The Studebaker Story
• Yanik, Anthony J., The E-M-F Company

[edit] External Links

• StudebakerHistory.com - Detroit Plants