Studebaker Dictator

Template:Main other Template:Template other 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. There was also a Chancellor model in 1927, but that year only. In June 1929, Studebaker began offering an 8-cylinder engine for the Dictator series (Template:Convert, 70 bhp at 3,200 rpm), designed by Barney Roos, though the old 6-cylinder option was continued for another year. There was no 1933 Dictator due to Studebaker's bankruptcy, and a redesigned lower-priced model was released in 1934 with a 6-cylinder engine. The 8-cylinder engine was then on only available for the Commander and President models.

Name

Studebaker marketed its Standard Six as the Director overseas.

Though it had not caused problems in the United States, Studebaker discontinued the 'Dictator' name in 1937, calling it the Commander, last used by the maker in 1935. At that time, Raymond Loewy and Helen Dryden were working on new concepts for body design and customer appeal.

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File:1927 Studebaker Dictator (4604514670).jpg 1927 Business Coupe

File:Studebaker 1927 jaslo1.jpg 1927 4-door sedan

File:Studebaker 1927 jaslo2.jpg 1927 4-door sedan

File:1935 Studebaker (14288679855).jpg 1935 4-door sedan

File:1936 Studebaker Dictator Six (5087376469).jpg 1936 2-door sedan

File:1936 Studebaker Dictator Six (5087378245).jpg 1936 2-door sedan

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