Cord models

Cord was an American car brand created by Errett Lobban Cord, whose Cord Corporation also owned the Auburn Automobile Company in Auburn, Indiana, and Duesenberg. Cord had been hired to run Auburn in 1924 and took control of it by the end of 1925; a year later he also acquired Duesenberg. Cars under his own name were built by Auburn in two periods, 1929–1932 and 1936–1937.

The first model, the L-29 of 1929–1932, was the first American front-wheel-drive car offered to the public; about 4,400 were sold. The second, the Cord 810 and its 812 successor of 1936–1937, was styled by Gordon M. Buehrig and also used front-wheel drive. It introduced hidden headlamps and did without running boards. The 810 and 812 were the last cars built under the Cord name. Auburn stopped building Cords in 1937, and the company was defunct by December that year. See also Auburn, Duesenberg and classic cars.