Alvis 12/40

Alvis
Alvis 12/40 Sports Tourer (1923)
12/40
Production period:	1922-1924
Class :	Middle class
Body versions :	Touring cars , roadsters
Engines:	Otto engine : 1.6 liters (22 kW)
Length:	3886 mm
Width:	1499 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	2858 mm
Empty weight :	Chassis: 711 kg
Previous model	Alvis 11/40
successor	Alvis 12/50 SC

The Alvis 12/40 was a passenger car that Alvis manufactured from 1922 to 1924 as the successor to the 11/40 model .

The car had a four-cylinder in - line engine with valves on the side . Equipped with a single Solex carburetor, the engine with 1598 cc had an output of 30 bhp (22 kW) at 3800 rpm.

The 12/40 was available as a four-seat touring car or two-seat sports tourer (roadster). The front and rear rigid axles were suspended from semi-elliptical leaf springs. The top speed was 96 km / h.

The successor to the 12/40 was the Alvis 12/50 SC in 1924 ; The latter took over the vehicle dimensions and the 1.6-liter engine of the 12/40, at least for the street models, but now with the overhead valves like those already featured in the previous models 12/50 SA and SB.

swell

• David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 , pp. 35-40

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alvis 12/40 . Motorbase - The Home of Classic Car Information. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

Web links

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