The Mark VI's brakes weren't an afterthought: Humber gave it 40 percent more lining area than the outgoing Mark V, on top of a 20 percent more powerful engine.
Median 90 hp across 175 similar cars
Lead trim: Hawk Mk VIA 2.3 OHV four
Humber Hawk Mk VI and VIA1954–1957
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FactThe Mark VI's brakes weren't an afterthought: Humber gave it 40 percent more lining area than the outgoing Mark V, on top of a 20 percent more powerful engine.
The Humber Hawk Mark VI, introduced in June 1954 (18,836 made), fitted an overhead-valve cylinder head to the 2267 cc engine, which The Times motoring correspondent described as 20 per cent more powerful, able to swing the car effortlessly along at 70 mph; the rear of the body was slightly changed, making the car longer, brake lining area was 40 per cent more than on the Mark V, and an estate version with a fold-down tailgate appeared in 1955. The April 1956 Mk VIA (9,614 made) was a fairly minor upgrade with changes mainly to the interior, and a de-luxe version was added. A replacement with an entirely new body was announced in May 1957. A Mk VI estate car with overdrive tested by The Motor in 1956 had a top speed of 79.7 mph and reached 0–60 mph in 25.2 seconds, and the test car cost £1405 including taxes. It used a 4-speed manual transmission with optional overdrive.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk Mk VI 2.3 OHV four | 1954–1956 | 2.3 L Inline-4 | 70 hp | — | 25.2 s | — | — | — |
| Hawk Mk VIA 2.3 OHV four | 1956–1957 | 2.3 L Inline-4 | 70 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
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The 1957 Hawk estate briefly held a title you'd expect from a luxury brand: the largest unitary bodyshell of any British-built car, a record it kept until Jaguar's Mark X showed up in 1961.
The Mark VI's brakes weren't an afterthought: Humber gave it 40 percent more lining area than the outgoing Mark V, on top of a 20 percent more powerful engine.
The restyled Mark III Hawk that kicked off this generation wasn’t an in-house Humber design — its body came out of Raymond Loewy’s studio.
Humber's first postwar Hawk was actually longer than the prewar car it replaced, yet somehow ended up 112 pounds lighter, after shedding its running boards.
Rivals
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