Roosevelt (Automobile)

Roosevelt
Roosevelt
	1929 Roosevelt Eight Model 68 4-Door Sedan
Overview
Type	Passenger car
Manufacturer	Marmon Motor Car Company
Also called	Marmon-Roosevelt
Production	1929-1930
Designer	Alexis de Sakhnoffsky
Body and chassis
Body style	Sedan, Coupe, Victoria and Convertible
Powertrain
Engine	L-head 8-cylinder engine, 201.9 cubic-inches
Power output	72 horsepower
Transmission	3-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	113 in (2,870 mm)
Chronology
Successor	Marmon Model 70

1929 Roosevelt advertisement in Amsterdam

Short description: Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

Roosevelt was a Vintage era marque of an United States automobile that was manufactured by the Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, during the 1929 and 1930 model years.^[1]

History

The Roosevelt was named after President Theodore Roosevelt and designed to be priced as an "affordable" automobile, and advertising used the tag line Smart Transportation for the Thrifty.^[2] The Roosevelt was the first automobile in America with a straight-eight engine to be priced under $1,000, with the sedan and coupe selling for $995, equivalent to $14,815 in 2019.^[3]

Although the Roosevelt name did not appear for the 1931 range of Marmon models, the car was refined into the new Model 70 Marmon.^[1]

Sales in 1929 approached 24,500 automobiles, considered an excellent first year for a new marque. One of the unique features of the Roosevelt was the horn button. It served 3 purposes. Push down and it would honk, pull up and it was the starter, and turn it, to turn the head lights on and off. It also had a cameo of Theodore Roosevelt, black and white, on the front top middle of the radiator.^[4]^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kimes, Beverly Rae (1996). The Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805-1942. Iola, IA: Krause Publications. pp. 1612. ISBN 0873414284.
↑ "The Roosevelt". Pittsburgh Press. April 21, 1929. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xm8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_koEAAAAIBAJ&dq=hupmobile&pg=3570,2708280.
↑ "Marmon-Built Roosevelt Auto On Display Here". Schenectady Gazette. March 27, 1929. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U2AhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vIYFAAAAIBAJ&dq=roosevelt marmon&pg=729,3097150.
↑ Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1. https://archive.org/details/the-beaulieu-encyclopedia-of-the-automobile/The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A-F/mode/2u.

External links

1929 Roosevelt Victoria coupe
1930 Roosevelt coupe
Roosevelt 8 at ConceptCarz

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[Kimes-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kimes, Beverly Rae (1996). The Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805-1942. Iola, IA: Krause Publications. pp. 1612. ISBN 0873414284.

[2] "The Roosevelt". Pittsburgh Press. April 21, 1929. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xm8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_koEAAAAIBAJ&dq=hupmobile&pg=3570,2708280.

[3] "Marmon-Built Roosevelt Auto On Display Here". Schenectady Gazette. March 27, 1929. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U2AhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vIYFAAAAIBAJ&dq=roosevelt marmon&pg=729,3097150.

[4] Georgano, Nick (2001). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (3 vol. ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1. https://archive.org/details/the-beaulieu-encyclopedia-of-the-automobile/The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 1 A-F/mode/2u.