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    DELAGE ROARS BACK

    Jan 11, 2022 5 minutes
    Text by NICOLAS STECHER
    Photography by
    ROBERT KERIAN

    In 1874 Pierre Louis Adolphe Delage was born in the verdant countryside of Cognac, France. Among some of the finest vineyards in the world, this watchmaker’s son studied the sciences, graduating from the nearby Ecole des Arts & Métiers with an engineering degree. After securing a financial backer in 1905, he founded Delage, which would go on to find great fame in the world of motorsports. With a fleet of hand-built, V12-powered racers, Delage would claim Grand Prix wreaths and world speed records, peaking in 1927 when his Type 15 S 8 crossed four European Grand Prix checkered flags, winning his eponymous nameplate the World Championship and the Légion d’Honneur for his driver Robert Benoist.

    Sadly, the halcyon years would be short-lived. Despite building some of the most luxurious and expensive cars

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