Cord
Cord was the styling laboratory of E.L. Cord's Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg empire, and twice it built cars years ahead of their time: the front-wheel-drive L-29 of 1929, and the 810/812 of 1936 — Gordon Buehrig's coffin-nosed masterpiece with hidden headlamps and, in supercharged 812 form, chrome external exhausts that remain among the great flourishes of American design. The empire's 1937 collapse ended production at barely 3,000 cars. Survivors are permanent fixtures of the concours circuit and the CCCA Full Classic roster.
Cord L-29
The first American front-wheel-drive car — Auburn's radical 1929 flagship, engineered from Harry Miller's Indianapolis racing patents and now a CCCA Full Classic.
Cord 810 / 812
Gordon Buehrig's coffin-nose Cord — front-wheel drive, hidden headlamps and Art Deco design from 1936 America.