AC Greyhound

AC Greyhound

Infobox Automobile
name=AC Greyhound


manufacturer=AC Cars
production=1959–1963
class=Coupé
engine=2.0/2.2/2.5 litre I6
wheelbase=100.0 in (2540 mm)
weight=2185 lb (991 kg)
length=180 in (4572 mm)
width=65.5 in (1664 mm)
height=52.5 in (1334 mm)
transmission=4-speed manual
related=
The AC Greyhound (1959-1963) was a 2+2 version of the Ace and Aceca automobiles made by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, Surrey, England. The Greyhound, of which 82 examples were built, had a two-door, four-seater aluminum body, and inherited most of the technical components of the Ace and Aceca:

*ladder-frame chassis
*independent coil spring suspension front and rear
*4-speed manual gearbox, pinion steering; overdrive optional
*disc brake front, drum brake rear

Various straight-six engines were fitted
*1.991-litre AC Cars OHC (75 bhp @ 4500 rpm; 1000 kg)
*1.971-litre Bristol 100D2 OHV, (125 bhp @ 5750 rpm; 1015 kg)
*2.216-litre straight-six (105 bhp @ 4700 rpm; 1093 kg)
*2.553-litre Ford Zephyr (up to 170 bhp @ 5500; 1040 kg)

Three Greyhounds were left-hand drive; the rest were right-hand drive.


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