Any Duesenberg is sure to draw in consideration, but the vehicle showcased on this episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage” has often stood out from the relaxation.
This 4-doorway was constructed as a present vehicle for the 1933 Chicago World’s Good, where by it grew to become famed in its time as the “20 Grand” Duesenberg mainly because of its then-outrageous selling price of $20,000. Leno notes in the movie that the common American vehicle price tag much less than $one,000 at the time, and the common home was much less than $two,000.
The just one-off 20 Grand was not the most expensive Duesenberg ever built—the 1934 Duesenberg Walker Coupe price tag $25,000 when new𠅋ut it was as well costly to draw in a consumer the very first time all over. Duesenberg repainted it black and introduced it back again to Chicago in 1934, where by it was ultimately marketed to a rich consumer. It is really now portion of California’s Nethercutt Assortment, where by it truly is shown along with other classics from storied automakers like Bugatti and Hispano-Suiza.
Like other Duesenbergs, the 20 Grand is driven by a straight-eight motor dependent on Indianapolis 500 racing engines. This car’s motor displaces 421 cubic inches and has a supercharger, building 320 hp. Like the car’s selling price, that was an astounding determine in the 1930s. 
The race-bred motor and the general performance it presented intended that Duesenbergs ended up regarded driver’s cars and trucks in their time, but this vehicle was also developed to be chauffeur pushed. Its exceptional mentor-constructed human body incorporates a partition and a total established of gauges for rear-seat travellers so they watch what the driver is performing. It provides new which means to the time period “back again-seat driver.”
The vehicle was restored in 1979 and has been demonstrated usually because then, even though mainly because of its price it is just not pushed quite usually any longer. That implies the driving part of this movie is minimal to a little bit of taxiing all over an airport apron, but it truly is exceptional to see this exceptional Duesenberg in movement at all.