The Light Six's 12hp straight-six didn't get its own chassis — Daimler just dropped it into the smaller Ten's existing frame, four-cylinder underpinnings and all.
Lead trim: Light Six
Lanchester Light Six1934–1936
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FactThe Light Six's 12hp straight-six didn't get its own chassis — Daimler just dropped it into the smaller Ten's existing frame, four-cylinder underpinnings and all.
A small luxury car in the twelve-tax-horsepower class, announced September 1934, built for the Lanchester Motor Company by BSA subsidiary The Daimler Company Limited (also sold as the BSA Light Six) in Coventry. Straight-six, overhead-valve, 1,378 cc (57 mm bore, 90 mm stroke), through a Daimler fluid flywheel and Wilson four-speed preselective self-changing gearbox. Succeeded by the Lanchester Fourteen.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Six | 1934–1936 | 1.4 L I6 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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