This dates to a time when coachwork meant horse-and-buggy stuff, not cars.

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In fact, the Duesenberg Model J fairly blows away most cars in history, whether you judge its coachwork, engineering, or sheer presence.

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It was assembled featuring the classic V12 engine, a de Dion rear axle and right-hand drive, and it has pontoon-fender coachwork done by Scaglietti.

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Mulliner is a vestige of another era, when the Bentleys of the world, but also marques such as Duesenberg , Delage and even some Cadillacs, had coachwork crafted by an entirely different department than the grease-stained mechanics who made the innards.

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