Studebaker Dictator
car model
The Studebaker Dictator is an automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, United States, from 1927 until 1937. Model year 1928 was the first full year of Dictator production.
In the mid-1920s, Studebaker began renaming its vehicles. The model previously known as the Studebaker Standard Six became the Dictator during the 1927 model year—internally designated model GE. The name was intended to connote that the model "dictated the standard" that other automobile makes would be obliged to follow. Dictators were available in a full range of body-styles.
The Dictator was Studebaker's lowest-price model, followed (in ascending order) by the Studebaker Commander and Studebaker President series. Also, a Chancellor model was offered in 1927, but that year only. In June 1929, Studebaker began offering an eight-cylinder engine for the Dictator series (221 cubic inches (3,620 cc), 70 bhp at 3,200 rpm), designed by Barney Roos, though the old six-cylinder option was continued for another year. No 1933 Dictator was produced due to Studebaker's bankruptcy, and a redesigned, lower-priced model was released in 1934 with a six-cylinder engine. The eight-cylinder engine was then on only available for the Commander and President models.
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