Editing Paige automobile

{{short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
| logo = Paige-auto 1912 logo.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption = ''The Most Beautiful Car in America''
| type = Automobile Manufacturing
| industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
| founder = Fredrick Osgood Paige
| fate = Acquired by The Graham Brothers in 1927
| successor = [[Graham-Paige|Graham-Paige Motors Corporation]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1908}}
| defunct = {{end date and age|1928}}
| location = [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
| key_people = Fred O. Paige, Harry M. Jewett
}}
'''Paige''' was a [[Detroit]], [[United States]]–based [[automobile]] company, selling luxury cars between 1908 and 1927.<ref name="Encyclo" />

==History==
[[File:New Paige Fleetwood in Horseless Age v37 1916-05-01 p342.png|thumb|A new Paige model, the Fleetwood 6-38, in the journal ''Horseless Age'', 1916.]]

Paige first began producing automobiles in 1908. The company's first car was a two-seat model powered by a 2.2-liter three-cylinder, [[two-stroke]] engine.<ref name=Encyclo>{{cite book|editor1-last=Georgano|editor1-first=G. N.|title=Encyclopedia of American Automobiles|publisher=Rainbird Reference Books|location=London|isbn=0-525-097929|page=151|edition=2nd}}</ref> This model continued until 1910, when a [[Four-stroke cycle|four-stroke]], four-cylinder engine design took over.<ref name=Encyclo /> In 1911, the company's namesake was shortened to Paige. A six-cylinder model was added to the range in 1914. Four-cylinder models were dropped in 1916, leaving a choice of 3.7- or 4.9-liter sixes. Another name change occurred in 1919, when models fitted with a [[Duesenberg]] engine were known as Paige-Linwood, and models fitted with a [[Continental Motors Company|Continental]] engine were listed as Paige-Larchmont. A straight-eight engine was added to the sixes in 1927.<ref name="Encyclo" />

On January 21, 1921, a Paige 6-66 broke an American stock car speed record by covering a mile in 35.01 seconds at a speed of 102.8 miles per hour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.simeonemuseum.org/the-collection/sporty-cars/1922-paige-6-66-daytona-speedster|title=1922 Paige 6-66 Daytona Speedster|website=www.simeonemuseum.org|date=24 June 2008 |access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref>

The most notable Paige produced was the 1922-1926 Daytona, a 3-seat sports [[Roadster (automobile)|roadster]] with a 6-cylinder engine. The vehicle was a traditional coupe, with the novel third seat extending from the side of the car over the near side [[running board]].<ref name=Encyclo /> Paige advertised the Daytona as being "The most beautiful car in America."<ref name="Encyclo" />

In 1927, four new model types were released. The last types under the name Page are the 6-45, the 6-65, the 6-75 and the 8-85 <ref>{{cite web|url= https://proxy.europeana.eu/media/2021004/_oai_www_doria_fi_10024_87508/4201f4cf7c23fc5a594e4b21433f1d94?disposition=inline&recordApiUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.europeana.eu%2Frecord |title= 6-45, 6-65, 6-75, 8-85|date=1927-01-01|publisher= Autola (1927) |access-date=2025-05-04}}</ref>

Paige also produced less-expensive range of cars between 1923 and 1926. These were sold as [[Jewett (automobile)|Jewett]]s and were named for the Paige company president H. M. Jewett. For 1927, the Jewett name changed to Junior Paige.<ref name="Encyclo" />

==Graham ownership==
The Graham Brothers bought the company on June 10, 1927. Joseph Graham became the new president, his brothers Robert and Ray serving as vice-president and secretary-treasurer, respectively.<ref name=Odin2>Odin, L.C. ''A concise guide to Graham-Paige''. Belvedere Publishing, 2016. ASIN: B01G8X5Z34.</ref> The three, together with their father, also became directors of the company. The corporate name soon changed to Graham-Paige Motors Corporation.<ref name= Odin2 /> The market agreed, and automobile production rose from 21,881 in 1927 to 73,195 for the following year, when the cars became known as [[Graham-Paige]]s.<ref name="Encyclo" />

When the second series of 1930 cars was released (bringing out two series for a model year was widely practiced at the time), the name for the product (but not for the corporate name) changed to just ''Graham''.<ref name= Odin2 /><ref>“The Graham Brothers and Their Car” by Jeffery I. Godshall; Automobile Quarterly Volume 13 No.1</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="180" heights="180">
File:Paige-detroit 1911-1022.jpg|1911 Paige-Detroit roadster
File:Paige automobile, ca 1920 (TRANSPORT 92).jpg|1920 Paige Touring Car
File:Mot 53 - Paige.jpg|1921 Paige Touring Car
File:1922 Paige Daytona Tourer (30874347926).jpg|1922 Paige Daytona Tourer
File:PaigeAutomobile1922.jpg|1922 Paige Sedan
File:1922 Paige Larchmont II Sport Touring - svl (4610452196).jpg|1922 Paige Larchmont II Sport Tourer
File:1922 Paige 6-66 Daytona Speedster.jpg|1922 Paige 6-66 Daytona Speedster
File:1927 Paige Model 645 (14363075194).jpg|1927 Paige Model 6-45 <ref>{{cite web|url= https://proxy.europeana.eu/media/2021004/_oai_www_doria_fi_10024_87508/4201f4cf7c23fc5a594e4b21433f1d94?disposition=inline&recordApiUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.europeana.eu%2Frecord |title= 6-45|date=1927-01-01|publisher= Autola (1927) |access-date=2025-05-04}}</ref>
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers]]
{{commons category|Paige vehicles}}

==References==
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