- Paramount Cars
Infobox Automobile
name = Paramount
manufacturer = Paramount Cars Ltd
production = 1950-1956
production - 72 approxcite book |last=Sedgwick |first=M. |title=A-Z of Cars 1945-1970|year=1986 |publisher=Bay View Books |location=Devon, UK |isbn=1-870979-39-7]
body_style = saloon
engine = 1172 cc later 1500 ccStraight-4
transmission = Three speed manual
length = Auto in|166|0cite book |last=Culshaw |first= |coauthors=Horrobin |title=Complete Catalogue of British Cars |year=1974 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=0-333-16689-2]
width = Auto in|66|0
wheelbase = Auto in|96|0 later Auto in|102|0
weight = convert|2040|lb|abbr=on to convert|2350|lb|abbr=on.Paramount Cars was a British car made between 1950 and 1956. It was initially manufactured in
Swadlincote , moving shortly after to Melbourne (again inDerbyshire ) and then toLeighton Buzzard .Paramount Cars History
Founded by WA Hudson and S Underwood from Derbyshire, the Paramount had an aluminium over wood frame body with
BMW like grille and was mounted on a separate tubular steel chassis with front transverse and rear semi elliptical leaf springs. It was originally intended to have Alvis engine and suspension but to reduce cost the production versions used Ford 10 components including the 1172 cc side valve engines, but fitted with twin SU carburettors, which resulted in poor performance. The car was however well built and equipped and was listed in both 2 and 4 seat versions.In 1953, the company was bought by Camden Motors and production moved to
Leighton Buzzard and theFord Consul 1500 cc engine was an option in a longer chassis as also was a Wade or Shorrocks supercharger. The price was now an uncompetitive £1009 and production ceased in 1956 after about 70 cars had been made.After the end of car production the remaining chassis were sold off and several were fitted with Rochdale glass fibre bodies.
There was no connection with the two separate American Paramount Car companies of
Azusa , California (1923-1924) andNew York (1927-1931).Gallery
Performance
A 1500 cc car tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1956 had a top speed of convert|72.4|mph|km/h|abbr=on and could accelerate from 0-convert|60|mph|km/h|abbr=on in 31.2 seconds. A fuel consumption of convert|25.6|mpgimp|L/100 km mpgus was recorded. The test car cost £1013 including taxes. cite journal | authorlink = Unsigned |title = The Paramount 1.5 litre Roadster| journal =The Motor| volume = | pages = | date = April 25 1956]
References
External links
* [http://www.cartype.com/page.cfm?id=1803&alph=ALL&dec=ALL Paramount Cars at cartype.com]
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