AC Greyhound

The AC Greyhound was a 2+2 version of the Ace and Aceca automobiles made by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, Surrey, England and announced for the opening of the Motor Show in October 1959. The Greyhound, of which 83 examples were built, had a two-door, four-seater aluminium body, and inherited most of the technical components of the Ace and Aceca but it had a wheelbase longer, and coil springs instead of a transverse leaf spring at the front:

ladder-frame chassis
independent coil spring suspension front and rear. Unlike the Ace and Aceca the rear suspension used semi-trailing arms.
4-speed manual gearbox, overdrive optional
rack and pinion steering;
disc brake front, drum brake rear

Various straight-six engines were fitted:

1.991-litre AC Cars OHC
1.971-litre Bristol 100D2 OHV,
2.216-litre Bristol
2.553-litre Ford Zephyr engine

A 2-litre Bristol-engined car with overdrive tested by The Motor magazine in 1961 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0– in 11.4 seconds. Fuel consumption of was recorded. The test car cost £3185 including taxes.