Alvis was a British car manufacturer based in Coventry that made passenger cars between 1920 and 1967. During the 1920s and 1930s it led British car technology for example in developing the first all-synchromesh gearbox pioneered in 1932 and fitted to all Alvis cars from September 1933.
Its virtues for the Peking to Paris rally include a big 3.5 litre engine (though we think it may have been added in the later 1930s) with low compression ratios that should be resilient in the harsh physical conditions of Mongolia. On the other hand, it wasn't really built for carrying luggage and storage is a challenge.
We acquired the car last summer and have had to overhaul almost every moving part. But we haven't for a moment contemplated changing the colour, British Racing Green.
For sheer elegance, even the compromises necessary for rally preparation don't hide the sleek lines of the Emerald.
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