Lanchester Ten and Eleven

The Lanchester Ten and Lanchester Eleven were sold by the Lanchester Motor Company from the Ten's announcement in September 1932 until 1951. Quite different from earlier Lanchesters, the Ten was the second, after the 15/18, of the new Daimler linked Lanchester range, and BSA had bought Lanchester partly to extend its range into the sector between Daimler and its three wheeled cars. Its four cylinder 1,203 cc engine shared its design with the six cylinder 15/18 and was four sixths of the 1,805 cc Daimler Fifteen, with a 1,444 cc version following in 1936. It was the first small car with the Daimler fluid flywheel and Wilson preselective gearbox. The smallest Lanchester ever made was also the most numerous, with about 12,250 sold, but it became too expensive for its size and production ended in 1951.