The Lagonda M45 was launched at the 1933 Olympia Motor Show and was an immediate success. Essentially the company fitted a 4½-litre, twin-plug six cylinder engine into their existing 3½ litre chassis with impressive results. Lagonda’s marketing chaps had a field day and droned on about high cruising speeds, exceptional performance and dignified ..

‘Invicta Cars’ was founded and run by the successful businessman, Noel Macklin. He was born in 1886, educated at Eton and in the Great War served as a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. He was wounded and invalided out in 1915. He established the Invicta Company in buildings on his estate in Cobham, Surrey in 1925. He had the financial backin..