Nor do the brakes stop the car quickly once applied. Although Lanchester had installed four-wheel brakes on its smaller cars, the 40-hp retained a two-wheel setup.

An incredible Lanchester car built almost 100 years ago for an Indian Maharaja is expected to sell for £100,000 when it goes under the hammer at auction. The magnificent 38 horsepower State ...

Three males and two females were taken to hospital after a two car smash on Peth Bank, Lanchester, near Durham, this afternoon. Emergency services were called at 2.38pm. The casualties were ...

A WOMAN suffered head injuries when four cars were involved in a collision. The incident happened at 5.20pm on Wednesday, near the Three Horseshoes pub, on Lanchester Road at Maiden Law, near ...

Based in Birmingham, England, the Lanchester Motor Company made cars from the late 19th century until 1930 when it merged with Daimler. Daimler. This one is somewhat more confusing.

Many readers will remember their showroom in Winchester Street which the firm opened in 1939 and of which they were justly proud.

It had a few last gasps of independent thought, though - a new saloon based on the be-finned Vauxhall Cresta was canned, fortunately, but the Daimler SP250 sports car mixed odd looks with a neat ...