Talk:Rover Light Six

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1. 60mph seems a touch fast for a (presumably under-geared) slab-fronted/open (& wire) wheeled/pod-light machine such as that with only 16bhp. Is that actually brake-horsepower, or more typical Tax Horsepower? Smaller, more streamlined, 4-speed machines such as the Fiat 500 & 126 had trouble hitting or greatly exceeding that figure with ~20bhp or even 26 (pushing the latter car to all of 65mph). Or perhaps the max speed is somewhat overblown... mid 50s I could believe.

2. What has a potted car history of the guy who one-upped this original blue train winner got to do with anything? That should be kept to the relevant pages. 193.63.174.10 (talk) 17:28, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The 16hp is, as you guessed, tax hp. The actual output was 45 bhp. I have corrected/clarified the article.Malcolma (talk) 18:28, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

historical problem[edit]

There seems to be a clash here:
"The Rover Light Six was one of the first Rover cars manufactured under the aegis of Spencer and Maurice Wilks who introduced new management practices and engineering techniques to Rover."
"The 1933 10 was really a new car with new chassis and new 1389 cc engine. It was the first car to be developed by Rover after the Wilks brothers Spencer and younger brother Maurice joined the company."

It is stated the Rover Light Six was manufactured from 1927(-1932) when the Wilks brothers were at Hillman until 1929/1930 - how do they get any credit for the Light Six? Sure it was manufactured after they had taken up employment there by invitation from relative Frank Searle. Eddaido (talk) 21:52, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]