Ford
100e Anglia
Ford
100e Anglia
It took until 1953 before DKW could get their version of the F9 in to production as the F-91 Sonderklasse. The F-91 evolved into the F-93 then the Auto Union 1000, with a larger engine. Four hundred thousand examples of this design were produced from 1953 to 1963. By then the F-9 layout was established as the standard at AUTO UNION and later, when owned by Volkswagen the name was changed to AUDI.
DKW
91 Sonderklasse
The Standard Motor Company in England reintroduced a small car into their range with the Eight, in 1953. The Eight, was an all new car of conventional design. The chassis/body unit was of unitary construction with four doors, and at first a none-opening boot. With coil spring I.F.S. and a live axle with half-elliptic springs, an 803c.c. O.H.V. water-cooled four-cylinder engine that gave it a top speed barely past 60 M.P.H. In 1954 the Eight was joined by the Ten, the same basic car fitted with a 948c.c.engined version and an opening boot lid. An up graded version of the Ten, the Pennant, joined them in 1957. But by 1961 all the small Standard models had been discontinued, after three hundred and fifty thousand examples of all types had been made. As would the larger model in a couple of years as the company was to use the other name it owned Triumph, exclusively.
Standard
8
1953 was the beginning of a period with
a glut of new models, and amongst them was the Lancia Appia. Of classic
Lancia design with a unitary chassis/body, sliding pillar I.F.S. and a
narrow angle V four engine of 1089c.c. Like all Lancia cars of the period,
it was a high quality, refined car at a relatively high price. Although
in production in series I .II and III form until 1963, only ninety nine
thousand examples were produced.
Lancia
Appia
Another new model from an Italian manufacturer
in the same year was the Fiat 1100-103. This model perpetuated the name
Millecento first given to the 508C. This Millicento was a compact unitary
construction saloon fitted with wishbones and coil springs at the front
and a live axle and half-elliptic springs at the rear. Its excellent handling
and good performance was in the tradition of its predecessor.
Of conventional design for its period, with
a water-cooled O.H.V. inline four-cylinder engine of 1089cc, that at first
produced 33 B.H.P. rising to 44 B.H.P. but much more when tuned. Features
that would unfamiliar to us today were the steering column change for the
four-speed gearbox, and the transmission handbrake. Through a series of
models culminating with the 1100R, (The 1100D had a 1221cc engine.) the
Millicento was in production until 1970 and one and three quarter million
examples had been produced.
Fiat
1100-103