Introduced in December 1927, the new Model A Ford had a more complex design than the Model T but still had a broadly conventional 3.3-litre 4-cylinder 40bhp side-valve engine producing double the power of the Model T, 4-wheel brakes, and a now conventional 3-speed gearbox. Good for 65mph, the eagerly awaited Ford Model A had up-to-the-minute good looks, a choice of colours this time, and with the usual competitive pricing no fewer than 4,500,000 Model As were manufactured and sold in just four years. Surely the snappiest body style as offered today, the model became the chosen transport of such Hollywood stars as Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and the exotic Dolores Del Rio.