AC 2-Litre

Infobox Automobile


name=AC 2 litre
manufacturer=AC
assembly =
production =1947 - 1956
1,284 produced
predecessor =
successor =
body_style =2-door / 4-door saloon, drophead coupé, tourer
layout = FR layout
class = Sports sedan
length = Auto in|184|0
width = Auto in|67|0
wheelbase =Auto in|117|0 cite book |last=Culshaw |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=Horrobin |title=Complete Catalogue of British Cars |year=1974 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |id=ISBN 0-333-16689-2]
height =convert|74|in|0|abbr=on
weight =Auto lb|2912|0
engine =1991 cc I6 ohc
convert|74|bhp|1|abbr=on/convert|76|bhp|1|abbr=on
transmission=4 speed manual

The AC 2 Litre is an exclusive and stylish saloon offered by AC of Thames Ditton in Surrey, England between 1947 and 1956. Two and, from 1953, four door saloons were sold as well as from 1949 a small number of drophead coupés and "Buckland" tourers.

The car's wetliner, aluminium cylinder block, six cylinder 1991 cc engine was the unit first offered by the company in the AC 16, back in 1922. However, by 1947 the engine was fed by 3 SU carburetors, and boasted a power output of convert|74|bhp|1|abbr=on, and increased again in 1951 to convert|85|bhp|1|abbr=on which was more than twice the convert|35|bhp|1|abbr=on claimed for engine's original commercial application.

The aluminium panelled body on a wood frame was fitted to a conventional steel chassis with rigid axles front and rear with semi elliptic leaf springs with, for the first time on an AC, hydraulic dampers.cite book |last=Robson |first=Graham |title=A-Z British Cars 1945-1980|year=2006 |publisher=Herridge & Sons |location=Devon, UK|id=ISBN 0-9541063-9-3 ] Until 1951 the car had a hybrid braking system, hydraulic at the front and cable at the rear with Auto in|12|0 drums.

The car changed very little during its ten year production run, though the wheel size did increase slightly to Auto in|16|0 in 1951. The AC 2-litre was outlived by its engine, which continued to be offered in other AC models until 1963.

A 2 door saloon car tested by The Motor magazine in 1948 had a top speed of convert|80|mph|km/h|abbr=on and could accelerate from 0-convert|60|mph|km/h|abbr=on in 19.9 seconds. A fuel consumption of convert|23|mpgimp|L/100 km mpgus was recorded. The test car cost £1277 including taxes. cite journal | authorlink = Unsigned |title = The AC 2-Litre Saloon Road Test| journal =The Motor| volume = | pages = | date = October 20 1948]

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