BSA: Cars
Note: This is a sub-section of BSA
1907 November. Details of their 18-24-hp and 25-33-hp cars.[1][2]
1908 Made 14-18, 18-23 and 25-33 h.p. models
1907 to 1914 various engines with capacities ranging from 2.5 to 4.2 litre. The larger cars were based on the 1907 Peking-Paris Itala.
1908 September. Details of their works and the 18-hp car.[3]
1908 November. Details of the cars. 18-23hp and 25-33hp.[4]
1909 November. Details of the 14-18hp car and a new carburetter.[5]
1910 BSA purchased the Daimler Company who took over car manufacture.
1911 BSA cars produced with Daimler Knight engine. new department under A. C. Hills.[6][7]
1911 Motor Show. New 4-cylinder car. 'We regret we cannot express ourselves in terms of unqualified praise'.
1912 Car production transferred to Coventry, BSA cars became re-badged Daimlers.
1912 October. Details of the new steel bodies made in workshop in Sparkbrook.[8].
1913 September. Details of improvements in their cars.[9]
1913 October. Details of the new standard body.[10]
1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices see the 1917 Red Book
1914 October. Details of the single chassis with Knight sleeve-valve engine produced in the Bexhill two-seat and Crichton five-seat models.[11]
1914 War stopped car production.
1921 BSA car production resumed with rear-wheel-drive air-cooled V-twin light car.
1929 First BSA three-wheeler.
1931 TW-5 van version of the three-wheeler.
1931 BSA acquired the Lanchester Motor Co.
1932 T-9 open four seat four-wheeler with a water-cooled four cylinder 9 hp (6.7 kW) engine (1,075 cc).
1932 V-9 Van version also produced.
1932 Another BSA Rear-wheel-drive fluid flywheel 10 hp car, sold alongside the T9.
1932 FW32 Four wheeled version of the 3-wheeler produced for 1 year.
1933 T-9 and V-9 production ceased.
1933 Four-cylinder engine version of the three and four-wheeled car was added to the range.
1935 First Scout Series 2/3.
1936 to 1937 Scout Series 4.
1936 Three wheeled cars dropped.
1937 to 1938 Scout Series 5.
1938 to 1939 Scout Series 6.
1940 WWII stopped production of BSA cars.
1960 Jaguar acquired Daimler and its subsidiaries from the BSA group.
List of Models
- 14/18 hp 1907–1910 4-cyl
- 18/23 hp 1908–1910 4-cyl
- 25/33 hp 1908–1911 4-cyl
- 15/20 hp 1910–1911 4-cyl
- 20/25 hp 1910–1911 4-cyl
- 13.9 hp 1912–1915 4-cyl
- 10 hp 1921–1924 V-twin
- 11 hp 1923 4-cyl
- 12 hp 1923 4-cyl
- 14 hp 1924 4-cyl
- 16 hp 1924–1926 6-cyl
- 2-str 9 hp 1929–1932 V-twin
- 2-str 9 hp 1932–1935 4-cyl
- 4-str 9 hp 1932–1936 4-cyl
- Ten saloon 1932–1936 4-cyl
- Light 6 saloon 1934–1936 6-cyl
- BSA: Scout 9 hp 1935–1936 4-cyl
- Ten saloon 1936 4-cyl
- Scout 10 hp 1937–1939 4-cyl
- BSA: Ten Series 6 - 1938
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia