Kaiser DeLuxe

The Kaiser DeLuxe was a mid-size car built by Kaiser-Frazer from 1949 to 1953, according to the Italian Wikipedia article on the model. It replaced the Custom and so served as the luxurious version of the Special, with a more powerful engine and finishing details such as floor mats for the front seats. Its convertible version, the Virginian, was built from 1949 to 1951, and the Vagabond, the commercial version, was marketed only from 1951. The car received a facelift in 1950 and a deep restyling in 1951, the year its engine output rose to 115 horsepower. In 1951 the Virginian left production and the Special was dropped, which left the DeLuxe as the base car of the Kaiser line while the Manhattan took over the luxury role. A further facelift came in 1953. The cars used a 3,707 cubic centimetre inline six-cylinder side-valve engine rated at 112 horsepower, a dry single-plate clutch and a three-speed manual gearbox with a column lever, rear-wheel drive, double wishbone front suspension with coil springs, leaf springs at the rear, telescopic dampers, hydraulic drum brakes and a box-section chassis.