Lanchester Motor Company

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Lanchester from 1912
Lanchester from 1914

The Lanchester Motor Company was a British automobile manufacturer based in Birmingham . Cars were produced under the name from 1895 to 1956. The naming rights are now owned by Tata Motors .

history

Frederick W. Lanchester built what was arguably the first car that was only developed in Great Britain in 1895. In 1899 the Lanchester Engine Company Ltd was founded by the brothers Frederick, George and Frank. This company went bankrupt in 1904 and was re-established as Lanchester Motor Company that same year. In 1912 the company produced the first British production car with electric lighting. Based on the Lanchester 38 also has armored cars , the Lanchester 4x2 produced, which was used in the First World War. In 1927 they received an order to build another armored car, the later Lanchester 6 × 4 .

The BSA took over the company in 1931. Lanchester became part of the Daimler brand belonging to the BSA . During this time, some standard structures for Lanchester chassis came from the independent body manufacturer Butlin in Coventry. The last model under the name Lanchester ran until 1956. Daimler was taken over by Jaguar in 1960 with the trademark rights to Lanchester . These naming rights were transferred to the Ford Motor Company through the purchase of Jaguar in 1989 and finally to Tata Motors in 2008 .

Models

Type engine Period
Lanchester Five 1306 cc; Single cylinder; air cooled 1895
Lanchester Eight 3459 cc; Two-cylinder; air cooled 1897-1898
Lanchester Ten 4033 cc; Two-cylinder; air cooled 1900-1904
Lanchester Twelve 4033 cc; Two-cylinder; water-cooled 1903-1904
Lanchester Sixteen 4838 cc; Two-cylinder; water-cooled 1903-1904
Lanchester Eighteen 4838 cc; Two-cylinder; water-cooled 1904
Lanchester Twenty 2472 cc; Four-cylinder; water-cooled 1904-1911
Lanchester Twelve 3974 cc; Two-cylinder; water-cooled 1906-1908
Lanchester 28 3654 cm³; Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1906-1911
Lanchester 50 8145 cc; Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1907
Lanchester 38 4856 cc; Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1911-1914
Lanchester 25 3137 cc; Four-cylinder; water-cooled 1912-1914
Lanchester 40 5482 cc; Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1907
Lanchester 40 6178 cc; Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1919-1928
Lanchester 21st 2930 cc; Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1923-1926
Lanchester 23 2930 cc; Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1926-1931
Lanchester 30 hp 4400 cc; Eight-cylinder; water-cooled 1929-1932
Lanchester Eighteen 2504 cm³ (2390 cm³ from 1935, 2565 cm³ from 1936); Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1932-1939
Lanchester Ten 1203 cc (1444 cc from 1936); Four-cylinder; water-cooled 1933-1936
Lanchester Light Six 1378 cc; Six-cylinder; water-cooled 1935-1936
Lanchester Eleven 1444 cc; Four-cylinder; water-cooled 1937-1939
Lanchester Fourteen Roadrider 1527 cc (1809 cc from 1938); Six-cylinder, water-cooled 1937-1939
Lanchester LD10 1287 cc; Four-cylinder; water-cooled 1946-1951
Lanchester Fourteen / Leda 1968 cc; Four-cylinder; water-cooled 1950-1954
Lanchester Sprite 1622 cc; Four-cylinder; water-cooled 1954-1956

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