Bristol 407 - car classics

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Bristol 407

Bristol 407 - it sports a British luxury car, built by Bristol Cars. Model became the first after the separation of a subsidiary of the holding company Bristol Aeroplane Co., who built all previous models Bristol. The model was the successor model Bristol 406.

Externally, the model is very similar to Bristol 406, with the exception of a few small details in the design of the machine, almost nothing has changed. But under the hood there was not already an old contract 2-liter engine from BMW, which are outfitted with all the previous cars Bristol. He was replaced by motor V8 in volume of 5.1 liters of the company Chrysler, produced in Canada. With a new engine Bristol 407 developed the speed of 201 km/h. The engine was equipped with a 3-speed automatic transmission.

Compared with the model of 406, the Bristol 407 has undergone great changes of the front suspension. Old leaf springs were replaced by a system of springs and this system has existed in all subsequent versions of Bristol.

Year of release: 1961 - 1963

In the car were the engines V8 volume of 5.1 litres with an automatic gearbox.

There were 88 machine Bristol 407.