The new car was powered by an L-head six-cylinder engine designed by Hall and was available in a range of four models priced from just under $600 to nearly $800. The engine was rather unusual for such a modestly priced car, as it had six separate ports for intake and exhaust. Though a difficult price group to contend in, the car was well equipped, stylish, and a relative bargain.
De Vaux offered two body styles, a coupe and a sedan, but each was offered in four stages of trim and equipment: Standard, Sport, Deluxe and Custom. The Standard cars had wood artillery wheels and Bedford cord upholstery. The coupes gained a rumble seat while the Sport models added wire wheels and mohair.
This particular coupe came with an L-head, six-cylinder engine displacing 214.7 cubic-inches and offering 65 horsepower. There is a three-speed manual transmission, a 112-inch wheelbase, and four-wheel mechanical drum brakes.
During the 1931 model year, the company sold 4,808. It was the companies first year in business, and this level of sales was impressive, but it was not enough to keep the company afloat. By January of 1932, the partners decided to sell the company.The new owners didn't see the viability of it and shut it down after another year, a classic victim of the financial times of the 1930's.
