This "Hudson" was really a rebadged Essex. Hudson borrowed its fading sister brand's Super-Six Pacemaker name for a single model year, 1933, then dropped it again.
Lead trim: Super-Six Pacemaker 193.1 cu in (73 or 80 hp)
Hudson Super SixE · 1933–1933
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FactThis "Hudson" was really a rebadged Essex. Hudson borrowed its fading sister brand's Super-Six Pacemaker name for a single model year, 1933, then dropped it again.
In 1933 only, the Hudson Super-Six "Pacemaker" was a rebadged Essex Super-Six Pacemaker (Series E), marketed in parallel with the lower-priced Essex-Terraplane that stayed in production without the "Essex" name for 1934: the fading Essex brand had sold its cars as the Greater Essex Super-Six, the Essex Super-Six Pacemaker and finally the Essex Pacemaker. The Essex-Terraplane used a 106 in wheelbase while the Series E Hudson Super-Six had 113 inches; its 193.1 cu in (3.2 L) engine produced 73 or 80 hp depending on the compression ratio (the two outputs are not split by trim, so no power is entered).
Collectors Spotted in the Hudson Super Six Lineage
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Trims & Figures
One published trim in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super-Six Pacemaker 193.1 cu in (73 or 80 hp) | 1933–1933 | 3.2 L | 73 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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Hudson brought the Super Six name back for 1940 — the same year it fitted coil-spring independent front suspension and aircraft-style shocks mounted inside the springs, a big leap for cars in its price class.
This "Hudson" was really a rebadged Essex. Hudson borrowed its fading sister brand's Super-Six Pacemaker name for a single model year, 1933, then dropped it again.
For 1928, Hudson split the job: a Pasadena coachbuilder drew the Model O's custom bodies, and a Massachusetts rival was hired to actually build them.
In 1919, an inventor named Ben Ellerbeck bolted a fold-away hardtop roof onto a Super Six roadster — one of the very first retractable hardtops ever built, decades before Detroit took the idea seriously.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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