Hillman 14

The Hillman Fourteen was a medium-sized four-cylinder car announced by Hillman's managing director Spencer Wilks, a son-in-law of William Hillman, at the end of September 1925. It moved Hillman, which had concentrated on smaller 10 and 11 horsepower cars, into the larger class that competed with the Austin 12 and the Humber 14/40, and the saloon was priced at 345 pounds against 455 pounds for the Austin. The original car used a side-valve 1954 cc four-cylinder engine of 35 bhp built in unit with a four-speed gearbox, with four-wheel drum brakes from the start, and bodies included saloons and tourers. The Rootes brothers obtained control of Hillman during 1928, and the car was revised in 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930 before the six-cylinder Hillman Wizard 65 took its place in April 1931. A new 2-litre four-cylinder Fourteen was shown at Olympia in October 1937 beside the Minx, and after the war the earlier Fourteens were rebadged as the Humber Hawk.