1931-1933 Marmon Sixteen
For years the 16 - cylinder automobile has been identified in the public ’s collective mind exclusively with Cadillac . But there was another fine Sixteen back in the early Thirties : the Marmon . The 1931 - 1933 Marmon Sixteens were fine automobiles , and in a bit of respects , superior to the Cadillac . That fact was punctually recognized at the 1932 New York Automobile Show when the Society of Automotive Engineers declared the Marmon Sixteen railway locomotive to be " the year ’s most noteworthy automotive accomplishment , " an honor that Cadillac has yet to receive ....