Armstrong Siddeley 4/14 hp

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Armstrong Siddeley 4/14 hp
Production period: 1923-1929
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine , coupé

The Armstrong Siddeley 4/14 hp is a passenger car that the British manufacturer Armstrong Siddeley built from 1923 to 1929. It was the manufacturer's third model and was added to the 30 hp upper-class car released four years earlier and the upper middle-class model, the 18 hp , released two years earlier .

4/14 hp

4/14 hp

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Production period: 1923-1925
Engines: Otto engine :
1.85 liters
Length: 3810 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2819 mm
Empty weight :

The 4/14 hp was the manufacturer's smallest model until the end of the 1920s. It had an overhead four - cylinder in - line engine with a displacement of 1852 cm³ (bore × stroke = 76.2 mm × 101.6 mm). The performance is unknown. The maximum speed is given as 80 km / h.

Like the 30 hp and 18 hp, the 4/14 hp also had two rigid axles. In the 4/14 hp, however, both axles were attached to semi-elliptical longitudinal leaf springs, while the rear axle of the two larger models had cantilever suspension .

4/14 hp Mark II

4/14 hp Mark II
Armstrong Siddeley 4/14 hp Mark II

Armstrong Siddeley 4/14 hp Mark II

Production period: 1925-1929
Engines: Otto engine :
1.85 liters
Length: 4064 mm
Width: 1422 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2896 mm
Empty weight :
4/14 hp rear / side view
4/14 hp cockpit view

In 1925 the 4/14 hp Mark II appeared . The car was slightly larger than its predecessor, but the engine and other technical characteristics remained the same.

Of the two models together, 13,365 copies were built. In 1929 the model was discontinued without a successor. It was only after the Second World War that Armstrong Siddeley was to offer a four-cylinder model again.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997. ISBN 1-874105-93-6 . Pp. 47-50