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Straight-eight Engine's Decline

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Here's the story of the straight-eight engine and the last American carmakers to produce it until the early '50s

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The first working straight-eights began to appear in planes, rather than cars, in the 1920s and 30s .

Daimler , Duesenberg , Bugatti and Duesenburg were among the last American carmakers to produce this type of engine until the early '50s .

The Pontiac straight- eight engine was the least-expensive engine built by an American manufacturer.

The last American production straight- eight engine was built by Packard , a now-defunct luxury car company based in Michigan , from 1924 to 1954 .

Buick's Fireball 8 was produced between 1931 and 1953 ; power output ranged between 75 and 120 hp .

The last straight- Eight engine ever produced by Chrysler was a 5.3-liter unit, which powered the Saratoga and the New Yorker .

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