Baby Duesenberg???

I was just having some fun and searching for pics of Duesenbergs. I came across 50 pages of them on yahoo. I saw an odd looking car and clicked to see where it came from. It was a French Forum (?) and in the article it mentioned - Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, Buehrig, Hudson and Baby Duesenberg, Chevy and tons of smilies. Anyway, why is this thing related to the Duesenberg?

It's ugly and cute at the same time. Brauks 8 is in the center of the wheel.

Forum post dated 2003 and can be found here:
www.forum-auto.com/sqlforum/sect ... 111324.htm