To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' The Monterey Auction event, 13 - 15 August 2026.

$5,000,000 - $6,000,000 USD Best of Show at the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d’EleganceThe original prototype for the D8-120 S chassisThe personal automobile of Louis Delage Extraordinarily beautiful, unique coachwork of superbly clean and graceful linesInarguably one of the most important coachbuilt French cars of its era Everything about this car is a reflection of the hands building it.

Stand about six feet back from a rear quarter view; that is the best angle to appreciate what they created.

You could never have made those fenders, that disappear into a thin blade in the rear, on a machine.

You never could have made, at least in that era, a glass that blended into the body without a frame and without a gasket.Of all the automobiles that we have ever owned, it is perfection, in line and in form.

– S.M.Few automobiles stand as tall in the history of the Delage marque as chassis number 51620.
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