Wolseley Sixteen

Wolseley Sixteen Wolseley 16/65
Production period:	1933-1934 1936-1939
Class :	Middle class
Body versions :	limousine
Previous model:	Wolseley 16/45

The Wolseley Sixteen was a mid-range car that Wolseleys brought out in 1933 as the successor to the almost identical models 16/45 and Viper . This first overhead cam model was built until 1934. In 1936 another car with this name appeared. The car with a slightly larger but overhead valve engine was offered until 1938 and then found its successor in the slightly smaller Wolseley 16/65 , which was offered until 1939.

Sixteen (1933-1934)

Sixteen (1933-1934)
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Production period:	1933-1934
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.0 liters (37 kW)
Length:	4267 mm
Width:	1626 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	2794 mm
Empty weight :	934 kg

In 1933 the first Wolseley Sixteen replaced the 16/45. On the six-cylinder in-line engine with 2025 cm³ displacement, the output of which is 50 bhp (37 kW) at 4500 rpm. is specified, nothing had changed. The wheelbase had shrunk to 2794 mm. Accordingly, the superstructure was a little shorter at 4267 mm; its width (1626 mm) had also decreased. The curb weight had increased to 934 kg. Nevertheless, the new car reached a top speed of 103 km / h.

In 1934 the production of the Sixteen was stopped and the 2.0 l R6 ohc engine disappeared from the Wolseley product range.

Sixteen (1936-1938)

Sixteen (1936-1938)
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Production period:	1936-1938
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.1 liters (49 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase :	2972 mm
Empty weight :

The second Sixteen appeared in 1936.

However, unlike its predecessor, its in-line six-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2062 cm³ had an underneath camshaft that operated the hanging valves via bumpers and rocker arms. The car was bodied as a four-door sedan. The top speed was 107 km / h.

16/65 hp (1938-1939)

16/65 hp (1938-1939)
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Production period:	1938-1939
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.1 liters (49 kW)
Length:	4369 mm
Width:	1702 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	2654 mm
Empty weight :

The successor to the second sixteen was the 16/65. Its wheelbase was a little shorter and reached a top speed of 120 km / h with the same engine.

When production was discontinued at the beginning of the war, the 16 hp model disappeared from the Wolseley range.

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