Look at that! Gorgeous! I want one! Facebook where I obtained the picture says:
The Ten Most Beautiful Cars in the World. 1933 Duesenberg SJ Arlington Torpedo Sedan body by Gordon Buehrig
The Duesenberg SJ and SSJ model were the Bugatti Veyrons of the 1930s: big, powerful, expensive, and, by the standards of the day, outrageously fast. This 1933 SJ Arlington Torpedo sedan, with body designed by the legendary Gordon Buehrig (who also designed the Auburn Speedster, Cord 810, and Continental Mk II), was built as a show car for the 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. It was nicknamed "Twenty Grand" because of its price $20,000, a staggering sum in Depression-era America. Ironically, in today's money that's the equivalent of about $366,000, considerably less than the Arlington Torpedo is now worth.
In 1980 it was named Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. In the late eighties, the car was selected to be exhibited in Essen, Germany, as one of the 'The Ten Most Beautiful Cars in the World.'
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