Daimler
BSA Light Six
The BSA Light Six was a small car in the twelve tax horsepower class manufactured for BSA Cars by BSA subsidiary The Daimler Company Limited. Announced in September 1934 it was a cheaper and less well-finished version of the Lanchester Light Six It was described by the motoring correspondent of The Times as not intended to be a replacement for the Ten but as an alternative model perhaps for the more fastidious
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Specifications
- name
- BSA Light Six
- Manufacturer
- The Daimler Company Limited, for BSA Cycles Limited
- aka
- Lanchester Light Six
- Body style
- Six-light saloon, sports saloon, streamlined saloon, fixed-head coupé, All four bodies are fully coachbuilt
- Layout
- FR layout
- Engine
- 6-cylinder Inline ohv 1378 cc
- Transmission
- Daimler fluid flywheel and Wilson four-speed preselective self-changing gearbox
- Wheelbase
- (8'3") 99 in and, track (4'0") 48 in
- Related
- BSA Ten, Lanchester Ten
- sp
- uk
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4836539CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_Light_SixCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 979127134 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1935_Lanchester_12-6_Sports_Saloon_4330331043.jpgCC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo: Clive Barker · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.