Streamline Cars

The cars incorporated such features as independent suspension, hydraulic brakes, a heater and all seating within the wheelbase.

Ignition and other controls operated through flexible cables encased in copper tubing, which followed contemporary aircraft industry practice.

[2] The first car used an Alvis front-wheel-drive chassis effectively turned back-to-front but adapted so the new front wheels steered.

[1] The Streamline pointed to the future in terms of space efficiency, featuring a seven-seat interior and, even by the standards of the time, excellent headroom, which seems to have been a particular concern for the designer.

A blue one was bought by the Prince of Wales late in 1930,[1] and another crossed the Atlantic to be exhibited at the Detroit Car Show.

[1] The engine was mounted wholly behind the rear axle, and the car was therefore alarmingly unstable in wet or windy weather.