The only four-door saloon Bristol ever built also turned up on screen in An Education in 2009.
Lead trim: 405 1,971 cc OHV six, 100B (105 bhp) · up to 125 hp
Bristol 405405 · 1955–1958
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FactThe only four-door saloon Bristol ever built also turned up on screen in An Education in 2009.
The Bristol 405 (1955–1958, 308 made) was available as a four-seat four-door saloon, the only four-door car Bristol ever built (265 built), and as a four-seat two-door drophead coupé, the 405D (43 built) with a convertible body by Abbotts of Farnham; it sat on the longer 9 ft 6 in (2,896 mm) chassis, the body having aluminium panels over a steel and ash frame on a substantial horse-shoe-shaped chassis, and its styling was what Bristol refined for many years on its Chrysler V8 cars. Engines were the 2-litre six (1,971 cc) in standard 100B form with 105 bhp on Solex triple downdraft carburettors, or the tuned 100C with 125 bhp, at an 8.5:1 compression ratio; a few late 405s had the higher-torque 2.2 litre (2,216 cc) engine introduced in the 406. The 405 had overdrive as standard apart from the earliest models, and front disc brakes were an option fitted to almost all drophead coupés. It featured in the films Josephine and Men (1955) and An Education (2009).
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 405 1,971 cc OHV six, 100B (105 bhp) | 1955–1958 | 2.0 L Inline-6 | 105 hp | 105 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 405 1,971 cc OHV six, 100C (125 bhp) | 1955–1958 | 2.0 L Inline-6 | 125 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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