1932 Delage D8 S Roadster by Pourtout

Offered by RM Sotheby’s | Monterey, California | August 2024

My goodness. RM’s catalog calls this design “dramatic,” and they are not wrong. Look at how low cut that windshield is. Imagine driving this around in 1932. You would’ve looked like a madman. It’s cartoonish in the best way possible. This is the car the wolf from the Tex Avery cartoons would drive.

Delage’s D8 was produced between 1929 and 1940, with the D8 S being a short-wheelbase “sporting” variant and was only available through 1933. Just 99 examples of the D8 S were built. Power is from a 4.0-liter inline-eight that made 118 horsepower.

This Marcel Pourtout-bodied car was sold new to a French actor and returned to the road after the war in 1946. The restoration dates to 1980, and it’s been in the same collection since 1995. The estimate is $4,000,000-$6,000,000. More info can be found here.