Brough Superior

GB, 1935 – 1939

Brough Superior Cars Ltd, Nottingham

Built by George Brough, maker of ‘the Rolls-Royce of motor cycles’, the Brough Superior was one of several British makes of the 1930s using American engines with British chassis and bodywork. In Brough’s case the engine was a Hudson Six or Straight-8, although the 1932 Brough Superior prototype had used a Dorman engine. Originally the only body available was a four-seater drophead by Atcherly of Birmingham, but in 1936 a 4-door saloon and a stark two-seater sports called the Alpine Grand Sport with the 6-cylinder engine appeared. The latter was intended to be a competitor to the Railton Light Sports, but even with a Centric or Shorrock supercharger it was not so fast, being heavier and less powerful. The last Brough Superiormodel, appearing in 1938, was the Brough Superior Type XII, a handsome 4-door saloon with Charlesworth body and a Lincoln-Zephyr V12 engine. Three of these Brough Superior cars were laid down, but only one completed.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; GNG
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