BSA Light Six

The BSA Light Six was a small six cylinder car in the twelve tax horsepower class, announced in September 1934 and built for BSA Cars by the BSA subsidiary The Daimler Company. It was a cheaper and less well finished version of the Lanchester Light Six, and The Times motoring correspondent saw it not as a replacement for the four cylinder Ten but as an alternative for the more fastidious buyer. Its new engine followed the general lines of the Lanchester Eighteen but with a chain driven dynamo and a much smaller bore and stroke, cutting swept volume from 2,390 cc to 1,378 cc. It sat in the chassis of the Ten, with cam and lever steering, mechanical brakes and 18 inch wheels, and came as a saloon or a coupe.