Alvis Firebird

Alvis
Alvis Firebird touring car (1935)
Firebird
Production period:	1934-1936
Class :	upper middle class
Body versions :	Touring car , roadster , limousine , convertible
Engines:	Otto engine : 1.85 liters (40 kW)
Length:	4394 mm
Width:	1626 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	3010 mm
Empty weight :	1219 kg
Previous model	Alvis Firefly
successor	Alvis 12/70

The Alvis Firebird was a passenger car that Alvis manufactured from 1934 to 1936 as the successor to the Firefly model .

The car had a significantly larger four-cylinder in - line engine than the previous model with overhead valves . Equipped with a single SU carburettor, the engine with 1842 cc had a capacity of 55 bhp (40 kW) at 4250 rpm. The separate chassis was available with different bodies, for example as a four-door touring car, four-door sedan, two-door convertible or roadster. The front and rear rigid axles were suspended from semi-elliptical leaf springs. The wheelbase , the type of suspension and, in some cases, the bodies corresponded to the six-cylinder models Silver Eagle SF and SG , which were produced in parallel . The maximum speed was approx. 114 km / h depending on the structure.

In 1937 the model 12/70 replaced the Firebird after 449 copies.

Trevor Wilkinson developed his first TVR vehicle from the Alvis Firebird .

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. ↑ ^{a b} Alvis Firebird . Motorbase - The Home of Classic Car Information. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Alvis Firebird  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alvis Firebird sedan (1935)