Brough Superior 4 Litre

The Brough Superior 4 Litre was the first motor car built by George Brough, the Nottingham maker of the Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles. It was made from May 1935 to 1936 on a Hudson chassis with a 4,168 cc side valve straight-eight engine rated at 114 bhp, which gave a top speed of 90 mph and a time from rest to 60 mph of under ten seconds. Only a four-seat drophead coupe was offered, with coachwork by W. C. Atcherley of Birmingham. Nineteen were made and nine are known to have survived. Hudson Canada stopped supplying the eight-cylinder engine and chassis kits in 1936, which ended the model and led to the six-cylinder 3.5 Litre. Early cars did not carry Brough Superior badges.