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Lagonda LG45
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Constr. year |
1936 |
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Price |
not for sale |
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Engine |
6 cylinder |
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Engine position |
front/rear |
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Cubic capacity (ccm) |
4453 |
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Nominal power (PS) |
141 |
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Top Speed (km/h) |
150 |
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Car body |
sheet steel |
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Qty Produced |
200 |
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Availability |
be nil |
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Availability of spares |
very bad |
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Copyright |
Hua De Feng Ying Co.Ltd. |
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The Lagonda M45LG 45 series is probably in the popular mind the archetypal 1930's British sports car. Handsome, rugged and fast, this expensive motor car caught the rich sporting fraternity's imagination. Whilst only in production for two years it won itself a tremendous following. If other vehicles offered more creature comforts and sophistication, these Lagondas were aimed at the sporting owner-driver whose idea of transport was not to sit behind a chauffeur but rather to thunder at speed behind his own wheel. The build of these cars was to a very high standard and sturdy specification and the power for such a vehicle came of course from Henry Meadows' 4.5 litre engine. In 1934 that put Lagonda right in the forefront of sports car production and indeed took the Fox & Nicholl team of Lagondas to a notable Le Mans victory in 1935. Cars prepared by the Fox & Nicholl racing stable not only won Le Mans in 1935, breaking a four-year run by Alfa Romeo, in 1936 they took class wins in the French Grand Prix and Spa 24-Hour race and 4th and 5th overall and 2nd and 3rd in class in the RAC TT, drivers including Earl Howe, Pat Fairfield and the Hon. Brian Lewis; Howe and Lewis joined forced for the BRDC 500 mile race in September, finishing 3rd at an average of over 113mph, whilst in May 1937 Alan Hess covered over 104 miles in the hour at Brooklands in an LG45 in standard road trim. |
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