Lagonda M45

The Lagonda M45 was a 4.5-litre sporting car built by the British Lagonda company before it entered receivership in 1935. It was powered by a six-cylinder engine of 4,453 cc supplied by Meadows, and the sources describe it as a car of nearly 100 miles per hour, placing it at the opposite end of the range from the small Rapier that Lagonda launched in 1934. A sporting variant, the M45R Rapide, used a tuned version of the engine on a shorter chassis and achieved a controversial victory at Le Mans in 1935. After the receivership the M45 was developed into the LG45, with engine refinements by W. O. Bentley, and then into the LG6.