Lagonda 11.1

The Lagonda 11.1 was an advanced small car that Lagonda introduced in 1913, with a four-cylinder engine of 1,099 cc. By 1914 it featured panhard rod suspension and a riveted unitary body, and it is credited with the first fly-off handbrake. After the First World War the design continued with a larger 1.4-litre engine and standard electric lighting as the 11.9, built until 1923, and then as the updated 12 until 1926. The 11.1 gave the company a modern light car after the 20 hp Torpedo of 1907 and was the ancestor of Lagonda's small cars of the early 1920s.