Wolseley 6/90

Wolseley 6/90 Mark III (1958 )

The Wolseley 6/90 was a passenger of the upper middle class, the British car manufacturer Wolseley produced in the years 1954 to 1959. It replaced the 6/80 as the flagship model in the range.

Series I

Although Wolseley at that time was under the control of Lord Nuffield and BMC and soon participated in the "Badge engineering " activities, appears the 6/90 as a standalone Wolseley model. It was based on the construction of the Riley Pathfinder, but did not have the complicated rear suspension whose first model. The 6/90 had a BMC -C six-cylinder in-line engine, an engine that had 2639 cc displacement and 95 hp ( 70 kW) made ​​and was coupled with a manual four-speed transmission. The car Wolseley shocked traditionalists with a dash of striped, gray plastic and a large chrome speaker grille ( " cheese cutter "! ) In the middle. The hand brake was mounted under the dashboard of the steering column and the gear lever was mounted on the steering column with respect to the main beam switch. The front leather seats were tightly mounted side by side and the rear seat had a auszuklappende center armrest.

It 5776 copies were manufactured.

The magazine " The Motor " testate a 6/90 in 1955 and provided a top speed of 154 km / h and acceleration from 0-100 km / h in 17.3 sec fixed. The fuel consumption was 13.1 l/100 km and the test car price 1063, - £ inclusive of tax.

The car is also known to Leonard Lord, head of BMC, its designer Gerald Palmer by Alec Issigonis replaced.

Series II

The 6/90 Series II, introduced in 1957, had leaf springs on the driven rear axle, a more conventional, walnut- studded dashboard and a shift lever on the right side of the seat - was assembled - the right-hand drive cars (! ). Overdrive and automatic transmission were available on request. The engine output increased to 97 bhp (71 kW).

1958, after only eight months of production, the Series II was replaced by the Series III; it came into existence in 1024 specimens of series II

Series III

The Series III had bigger brakes, a brake booster, a larger rear window and a 101 bhp (75 kW) engine strengthened. This car was also available as a Riley 2.6, the unsuccessful inherited the Riley Pathfinder.

1959 ended the production of the 6/90 after the introduction of the subscribed by Pininfarina model 6 /99. A total of 11,852 Wolseley form 6 / 90th

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