Wolseley 16/45

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Wolseley 16/45 hp / Viper
Production period: 1927-1933
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Successor: Wolseley Sixteen

The Wolseley 16/45 was a mid- range car that Wolseley brought out in 1927 as the first six-cylinder car with an overhead camshaft.

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16/45 hp (1927-1933)

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Production period: 1927-1933
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines: Gasoline engine :
2.0 liters
Length: 4445 mm
Width: 1791 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2972 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 914 kg

Its six-cylinder in-line engine had a displacement of 2,025 cm³. The car had a wheelbase of 2,972 mm. Its superstructure was 4,445 mm long, 1,791 mm wide and its chassis (without superstructure) weighed 914 kg. Its top speed was 95 km / h.

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Viper (1931)

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Production period: 1931
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines: Gasoline engine :
2.0 liters
Length: 4445 mm
Width: 1791 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2972 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 914 kg

Only in model year 1931 was there a more powerful version of the 16/45 hp called the Wolseley Viper . The otherwise identical car was equipped with two SU carburettors, while the 16/45 hp had only one.

In 1933 the almost identical Sixteen replaced the 16/45 hp.

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  • Culshaw, David & Horrobin, Peter: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 , Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1874105936