Some cars leave a paper trail; the Delahaye Type 165 left a name, a year — 1938 — and a place in Delahaye's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.
Its place in the line
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Volkswagen Beetle, the Lincoln Continental, the Peugeot 202. Nearby in the Delahaye catalogue sit the Delahaye 103 and the Delahaye 12CV.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Delahaye Type 165 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.
The record
The open record for the Delahaye Type 165 carries no verified engine, output, weight or price yet. MotorJury does not fill gaps with guesses; this entry gives the model a home in the catalogue and grows as sourced specifications and photographs arrive. Corrections: corrections@motorjury.com.