Locomobile of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was one of the most respected automobile manufacturers in the United States during the early 20th Century, known for producing luxury cars of superb quality with conservative but outstanding engineering.

In 1911 the company introduced a 7-liter T-head six-cylinder engine in the Model M.

This design would win great acclaim and within a few short years it evolved into the Model 48, which in various series would power all of the company’s “senior” products until its departure from the scene in 1929.

Locomobile Model 48s were not often stylish automobiles, but they were always beautifully made and extremely dependable, factors more important to the company’s conservative, wealthy clientele.

The Model 48 offered here is one of the few happy exceptions to the Locomobile rule, in that it is sporty indeed, thanks to a handsome coupe—or “three-passenger sedan”—body that bears the maker’s plates of Locke & Company, a respected New York coachbuilder.

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