A model-by-model reference for every make in the Durant family: the history of each make, specifications, body styles and prices for each model year, the sales literature, instruction manuals and parts books known to the club, and the registry of known surviving cars. Start with the identification guide if you are trying to work out what you have.
On this page: Identify your car · Makes · More reference
Identify your car
- Identifying Your Durant Family Car: how to read the make, year, model, body, car number, engine number, casting dates, badges and wheels
- Durant Family Timeline, 1921 to 1933
- Serial numbers for every make
Makes
- Durant: The company’s own make, 1921 to 1932: every model with specifications and prices, sales literature and manuals, and the registry of known cars.
- Star: The low-priced companion to the Durant, 1922 to 1928, with models, literature and known cars.
- Rugby: The export name for Star and later Durant cars and trucks, with the models behind each Rugby.
- Flint: The mid-priced six of 1923 to 1927, with models, literature and known cars.
- Frontenac: Durant Motors of Canada’s make of 1931 and 1932.
- De Vaux: The DeVaux-Hall car of 1931 and 1932, built in former Durant plants.
- Continental: The 1933 and 1934 Beacon, Flyer, Ace and Red Seal that carried on from the De Vaux.
- Locomobile: The luxury make Durant bought in 1922.
- Mason Trucks: The Mason Road King and Model C trucks built at Flint, 1922 to 1925.
- Eagle: The Eagle Six, shown in January 1924 to sit between the Star and the Durant, and replaced by the Flint before production.
- Princeton: The six-cylinder luxury Durant shown in 1923 as a Cadillac competitor, which never reached full production.
- Mathis: The French car Durant agreed in 1930 to build at Lansing, before the money ran out.
More reference
- Engines: which Continental and other engines went into which cars
- Further Reading and Museums
- Durant Digital Library (members): complete manuals and parts lists
Do you own a car that is not in the registry, or can you add to what is here? Please contact one of our technical advisors.