List of Automotive Superlatives - Pre-War

Pre-War

• Best-selling pre-war vehicle - Ford Model-T (15,000,000 sold between 1908 and 1928)
• Least-expensive - US$125 ($1,736 in 2012) – 1922 Briggs & Stratton Flyer
• Least-expensive full-featured automobile - US$300 ($3,938 in 2012) - 1926-27 (for the 1927 model year) Ford Model-T
• Fastest pre-war stock production vehicle - Cord Automobile - 1937 supercharged 812 Beverly sedan 173 km/h (107.66 mph) - September 1937 at the Bonneville Salt Flats
• Fastest pre-war vehicle - Railton Mobil Special - 2-SC Napier Lion V-12 - 595 km/h (369.740 mph) - Driver John Cobb on August,23 1939 at the Bonneville Salt Flats
• Longest pre-war production - 6,096 mm (240.0 in) - 1933-35 (for the 1934-35 model years) Cadillac V-16
• Longest pre-war limited production - 6,400 mm (252.0 in) 1927-33 Bugatti Royale
• Longest pre-war production wheelbase - 3,912 mm (154.0 in) - 1933-37 (for the 1934-37 model years) Cadillac V-16
• Longest pre-war limited production wheelbase - 4,572 mm (180.0 in) 1927 Bugatti Royale Prototype
• Widest pre-war - 2,100 mm (82.7 in) 1938-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 W150 (armoured)
• Widest pre-war Front Track - 1,626 mm (64.0 in) - 1938-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 W150
• Widest pre-war Rear Track - 1,676 mm (66.0 in) - 1938-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 W150
• Heaviest pre-war Curb Weight - 4,800 kg (10,582 lb) - 1938-43 Mercedes-Benz 770 W150 (armoured)
• Largest pre-war limited production car inline-four engine 28.3 L (1,727 cu in) 1911 Fiat S76
• Largest pre-war Straight-6 - 21,112 cc (1,288 cu in) - 1905 Panhard et Levassor 50 CV
• Largest pre-war limited production Straight-8 - 14,726 cc (899 cu in) - 1927 Bugatti Royale
• Largest pre-war V8 - 14,700 cc (897 cu in) - 1910-12 De Dion-Bouton
• Largest pre-war V12 - 11,310 cc (690 cu in) - 1935-38 Hispano-Suiza J12
• Largest pre-war V16 - 8,048 cc (491 cu in) - 1930-33 (for the 1931-33 model years) Marmon Series 16