Alvis Model History

United Kingdom · founded 1919

British luxury and sporting car maker from Coventry (1919–1967), famed for the vintage 12/50, the six-cylinder Speed 20/25, and a graceful post-war 3-litre line before car production ended.

Models

12/50

Alvis's breakthrough overhead-valve vintage sports car — one of the most successful vintage sports cars of all time, with a strong competition record.

Sports car · 1923–1929
12/75 (front-wheel drive)

Alvis's pioneering front-wheel-drive sports car — overhead camshaft, inboard front brakes, and an optional supercharger, raced at Le Mans.

Sports car · 1928–1930
Silver Eagle

Alvis's first major six-cylinder line of the early 1930s, offered with a range of inline-six engines and coachbuilt bodies.

Sports saloon · 1929–1936
Speed 20

A fast, elegant six-cylinder tourer — the first car with an all-synchromesh gearbox (1933) and independent front suspension on the SB.

Sports car · 1932–1936
Speed 25

The 3.5-litre successor to the Speed 20 — a more powerful, seven-bearing six-cylinder sporting Alvis of the late 1930s.

Sports car · 1936–1940
4.3 Litre

The largest and fastest pre-war Alvis — a 4.3-litre six capable of over 100 mph, a genuine rival to contemporary Bentleys.

Sports saloon · 1937–1940
TA 14

Alvis's first post-war car — a four-cylinder model based on the pre-war 12/70 that restarted civilian production after WWII.

Saloon · 1946–1950
TA 21

The first of the post-war 3-litre Alvis cars — its six-cylinder engine became the basis of every Alvis built until 1967.

Saloon · 1950–1953
TC 21/100 'Grey Lady'

The '100' 3-litre saloon — a genuine 100-mph Alvis nicknamed the Grey Lady, with bonnet scoops and wire wheels.

Saloon · 1953–1955
TD 21

The elegant Graber-styled 3-litre coupé and convertible, bodied by Park Ward — the definitive late Alvis grand tourer.

Grand tourer · 1958–1963
TE 21

A facelifted Graber-Alvis grand tourer recognisable by its stacked quad headlamps and a more powerful 3-litre six.

Grand tourer · 1963–1966
TF 21

The last Alvis car ever made — the fastest of all at around 127 mph, of which only about 106 were built before production ended in 1967.

Grand tourer · 1966–1967

Other makes