Studebaker Big Six

Studebaker Big Six
1920 advertisement for the Studebaker Big Six touring car
Overview
ManufacturerStudebaker
Model years1918–1927
AssemblyStudebaker Automotive Plant, South Bend, Indiana, United States
Studebaker Automotive Plant, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Body and chassis
Classfull-size
LayoutFront-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Chronology
SuccessorStudebaker President

The Studebaker Big Six was an automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana between 1918 and 1926, being designated the Model EG (1918–21), the EK (1922–24) and the EP (1925–26); its name was due to the 127" wheelbase in comparison to the Studebaker Special Six at 120".[1] In 1927, it was renamed the President (ES) pending introduction of a smaller and smoother straight-eight engine for new top-of-the-range models after January 1928.[2]

  1. ^ Model data at Studebaker Drivers' Club website
  2. ^ Maurice D. Hendry Studebaker: One can do a lot of remembering at South Bend in Automobile Quarterly, Vol X, No 3, 1972, p. 239