Austin 12/6

The Austin Light Twelve-Six was a 14 tax horsepower car with a 1,496 cc engine, introduced by Austin in January 1931 and named Light Twelve to separate it from the established Austin Twelve, which the public called the Heavy Twelve. It stayed in production until 1936, when the Goodwood 14 took the place of the saloons. It followed a vogue among British makers in the early 1930s for small-capacity six-cylinder engines. The new side-valve six had thermostatic cooling from September 1932 and a larger 1,711 cc option from August 1933, and the gearbox went from three speeds to a four-speed Twin-Top and then a synchromesh unit in 1933.