Wolseley 6/99

The Wolseley 6/99 was the last great car from Wolseley. The car was designed by Pininfarina and complements the design of the BMC styling department. He was sold by BMC also under other brand names, as Austin A99 Westminster, Vanden Plas Princess 3 Litre. Production began in 1959 and 1961, the cars were redesigned and renamed. The Wolseley remained as Wolseley 6/110 until 1968 production. Many police officers hold the 6/110 for the best patrol car that was ever purchased by the London Metropolitan Police.

In Denmark, these cars were also offered as Wolseley 300.

There were two other Farina -designed model lines, the BMC brought out at this time, the compact Austein A40 Farina and the midsize Wolseley 15/60 and its spinoffs. Although the latter 6/99 looked like he had with him no body parts and some other parts.

Wolseley 6/99

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The first generation of large Farina designs was introduced by the Austin A99 Westminster; the Wolseley 6/99 followed a little later in 1959 and replaced Figures 6 / 90th He had the same BMC -C six-cylinder in-line engine with a displacement of 2912 cc, an output of 102 bhp (75 kW) and twin SU carburettors as the Austin -Healey 3,000.

The undercarriage was a conventional BMC arrangement with coil springs and wishbones at the front and a rigid, driven rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs. At the front, the car had an additional stabilizer. The front wheels are braked by discs of 273 mm diameter by Lockheed, the rear wheels of drums 245 mm in diameter, all with the vacuum brake booster.

The interior was luxuriously equipped to distinguish the Wolseley from his Austin - stablemate. Dashboard and interior door panels were held in polished wood. The individual front seats and the rear seats were upholstered in leather, the back seat had a fold-out center armrest. There were a number of one - or two-tone paint.

The magazine " The Motor " tested in 1959 a 6/99 with overdrive, which reached a top speed of 156 km / h and acceleration from 0-100 km / h in 14.4 seconds. The fuel consumption was 13.1 l/100 km.

It created 13,108 Wolseley 6 /99.

Wolseley 6/110

Wolseley 6/110 Mark II (1966 )

In 1961 the large Farina designs have been revised and were renamed as'' Wolseley 6/110 '', Austin A110 Westminster, Vanden Plas Princess 3 Litre Mk II The cars had the same engine as before, but the 120 bhp (88 kW) gave. The shift lever was moved from the center of the vehicle to the steering column. As of July 1962, there was also power steering and air conditioning.

The Mark II model was released in 1964 with smaller 13 "wheels and four-speed gearbox, overdrive was still available, but only on request. The production of the Wolseley 1968 was set by 24,101 copies. Only the sister model Austin A110 Westminster was replaced directly by the unsuccessful Austin 3 - liter, which remained in production until 1971. The luxurious variants of Wolseley and Vanden Plas both reached the prototype stage, but were not developed further.

Clubs

An enthusiastic and active owners club, the Cambridge - Oxford Owners' Club provides these cars and their BMC sister models. The club has set itself the goal to keep the car roadworthy, offers advice, spare parts and a social forum for the owners.