The 1933 Lanchester Ten wasn’t really its own car — it was a dressed-up version of the cheaper BSA Ten, badge-engineered for buyers willing to pay for the nameplate.
Lead trim: Ten 1,203 cc OHV four (32 bhp)
Lanchester TenTen · 1932–1936
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FactThe 1933 Lanchester Ten wasn’t really its own car — it was a dressed-up version of the cheaper BSA Ten, badge-engineered for buyers willing to pay for the nameplate.
The Lanchester Ten, announced in September 1932 as the second model of Lanchester's new BSA/Daimler-linked range (after the 15/18), shared its basic chassis with the BSA Ten and a four-cylinder engine derived from the six-cylinder Lanchester 15/18, itself four-sixths of the Daimler Fifteen's 1,805 cc unit; the 'Ten' name referred to its RAC tax rating, not its power. Catalogued body styles included a four-door six-light saloon, a four-light sports saloon, a 2+2 fixed-head coupé and a four-seat open car by Martin Walter, plus bare chassis for outside coachbuilders, on a preselective Wilson-type gearbox and fluid flywheel driving a worm-gear rear axle. The 1,203 cc overhead-valve four (63.5 mm bore, 95 mm stroke, 7.4:1 compression, chain-driven camshaft, full-pressure lubrication) made 32 bhp at 4,000 rpm and 60 lb-ft at 2,000 rpm; a 1,444 cc engine was offered only in 1936. About 12,250 were built (the range as a whole, badged Ten then Eleven, continued to 1951, though this generation's own production is dated 1932-1936). Wheelbase 102.5 in (2,600 mm), length 157.5 in (4,000 mm), width 57.75 in (1,470 mm) — the page prints these as mixed fractions, so the dimension fields are left out of specs — kerb weight 21 long cwt (2,400 lb, 1,100 kg).
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten 1,203 cc OHV four (32 bhp) | 1932–1936 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 32 hp | 60 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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