Car : Lorraine-Dietrich 15 CV Sport
Year : 1925
Engine : 6 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke : 75×130 mm
Cylinder capacity : 3446 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power :70
Maximum speed : 93 mph
Wheelbase : 10 ft 3 ins (3.12 m)
Suspension : front : semi-elliptic leaf- springs; rear: cantilever leaf- springs
This make, which began in 1897 as Soiété De Dietrich et Cie (later becoming Soiété Dietrich des Anciens Etablissements De Dietrich et Cie de Luneville) was very successful in the sporting field. Its first car was designed by Amédée Bollée and another was designed by Ettore Bugatti. 
Convinced that racing would bring it great publicity, De Dietrich concentrated on racing. It began by competing in the Paris-Madrid race and then in the Gordon-Bennett cup, the Circuit of the Ardennes and the Moscow-St Petersburg race. The employment of Marius Barbarou as engineer increased the sporting character of Lorraine. It took second and third places in the 1924 Le Mans 24 Hour and won it in 1925. The engine had overhead valves (which were operated by rockers), water-cooling and pressure lubrication. It developed 70 bhp at 3,500 revs. ,weighed 2,380 pounds (1,080 kg) and had a maximum speed of 93 mph.
Lorraine-Dietrich attempted to expand internationally by buying half the registered stock of Isotta – Fraschini and by setting up an English Lorraine- De Dietrich in Birmingham. It was itself, however, taken over and was forced to become part of a Franco-Belgian financial group.
Lorraine-Dietrich 15 CV Sport
