Wolseley Eighteen

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wolseley Eighteen
Wolseley 18/80
Production period: 1935
1938-1948
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : limousine
Successor: Wolseley 6/80

The Wolseley Eighteen was a car of the upper middle class , the Wolseley brought out the 1935th In the same year it was discontinued and appeared again in 1938 as Wolseley 18/80 with a slightly enlarged engine . This car was called Eighteen again from 1939 and continued to be offered until 1948.

Eighteen (1935)

Eighteen (1935)

Image does not exist
Production period: 1935
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Gasoline engine :
2.3 liters
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2794 mm
Empty weight :

The first Eighteen or 18 hp was a car with a larger six-cylinder engine that was put to the side of the Wolseley Fourteen .

It had a six-cylinder in-line engine with a displacement of 2299 cc and overhead valves (ohv). The car was delivered on a 2794 mm wheelbase chassis. The sedan reached a top speed of 111 km / h.

Production was discontinued in the same year.

18/80 and Eighteen (1938–1948)

18/80 (1938)
Eighteen (1939-1948)
Wolseley 18 December 1937 2321cc.JPG
Production period: 1938-1948
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
2.3 liters (62.5 kW)
Length: 4369 mm
Width: 1702 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2654-2692 mm
Empty weight : 1414 kg

In 1938, after a two-year break, a larger six-cylinder with the designation 18/80 appeared again.

Its engine was the same as that of the first Eighteen, but the stroke was one mm larger, resulting in a displacement of 2322 cm³. The wheelbase of the new model was shorter at 2692 mm. The new car reached a top speed of 128 km / h.

The following year the model was renamed Eighteen again. The shortened chassis and the sedan body corresponded to the contemporary, but weaker Fourteen . The power of the unchanged six cylinder engine was with 85 bhp (62.5 kW) at 4000 / min. stated, the maximum speed of the car with 123 km / h.

The cars were offered in this form until 1948 and then replaced by the slightly smaller 6/80 .

literature

  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 , Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6