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1916 Pierce-Arrow Model 48-B-4 Vestibule Suburban

Stately elegance on a large scale

The Pierce-Arrow Model 48 was priced at an astounding $5,000 F.O.B. Buffalo, New York, and came with Pierce-Arrow's quality, rigid, luxuriously trimmed and appointed aluminum cast panel bodies.
The Pierce-Arrow Model 48 was priced at an astounding $5,000 F.O.B. Buffalo, New York, and came with Pierce-Arrow's quality, rigid, luxuriously trimmed and appointed aluminum cast panel bodies.

Large and imposing, this Pierce-Arrow Model 48 commanded attention when it arrived back in 1916, and still does today over a century later. A chance to see one of these magnificent machines does not come along often. The chance to ride in one is even rarer.

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