The Alvis 12/70 was announced by Alvis cars in 22 September 1937.[1] It was a four-cylinder sports saloon or 4-seater drophead coupé related to the pricier six-cylinder Alvis Silver Crest.
Technical director and chief designer Smith-Clarke was fully occupied with a new factory to make Alvis's Gnome-Rhone radial engines so the 12/70 was designed by George Lanchester and it proved to be his last automobile design.[5]
Specification
Engine and gearbox
Alvis manufactured the four-cylinder 1,842 cc pushrod overhead valve engine[6] which was similar to the engine of the Alvis Firebird