1955 Armstrong Siddeley
Sapphire 346
In the world of classic car
auctions, it's not often that a vehicle changes hands for a four-figure sum,
which is why this 1955 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 346 caught our eye.
Built by Armstrong Siddeley,
a British engineering group best known for producing luxury vehicles and
aircraft engines during the first half of the 20th century, the Sapphire was
introduced in 1952 and came with a novelty for locally made cars: power
steering.
It remained in production
until 1960 and even though it could have flown under the radar as a pre-war
model, underneath the skin, it was entirely new, with coil springs on the front
and leaf springs on the rear, powered by a new 3.4-liter six-cylinder engine,
capable of pushing it up to a top speed of 153 km/h, which was not bad
for that era.
