A motor manufacturer from 1907, the Birmingham Small Arms Company acquired Daimler in 1910, soon abandoning its own range in favour of a Daimler design powered by a Knight sleeve-valve engine.

When BSA resumed post-hostilities car production in 1921 it was with a quite different type of vehicle: a 10hp light car powered by a 1,075cc, v-twin engine made by Hotchkiss.

The model sold well, only disappearing in 1925 when rivals Morris bought Hotchkiss, though BSA later acquired rights to the engine for use in its front-wheel-drive three-wheeler.

A version of the latter appeared in 1933 powered by a 9hp, four-cylinder, sidevalve engine of 1,075cc which was also used in the four-wheeled, though still front-drive, ‘T9’ model introduced that same year.

Restyled but retaining essentially the same engine and running gear, the Scout two-seater sports car debuted in 1935, though it was soon superseded by the outwardly similar but larger engined 10hp Series 3 version.

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