The Amilcar M is a mid-sized car, made between 1928 and 1935 by the French Amilcar company with most of the cars delivered with a boxy four door 'Berline' body characteristic of the late 1920s.

Amilcar had earlier gained reputation and market share as producers of cycle cars in the lean years that followed the First World War but as consumer spending power grew in the later 1920s, the company's attempts to expand up-market had met with only limited success.

The 'Type M' sold better than the 'Type L' from which it inherited most of its mechanical elements including, in particular, its four cylinder, 1244cc side-valve engine for which a maximum output of 27hp was listed.

Top speed would have varied according to the weight and style of the body specified but a respectable 68mph was quoted at the time.

Power was transferred from the front-mounted engine to the rear wheels via a four speed manual gear-box.

The suspension combined leaf springs with Hartford dampers, front and back.

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