The Morris Ten is a car from British Motor Corporation, built from 1932 to 1948, when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together. Under the bonnet: 1292 cc Morris Sidevalve I4.
How it came about
The Morris Ten is a medium-sized car introduced for 1933 as the company's offering in the important 10 hp sector of the British market. It continued through a series of variants until October 1948 when along with Morris's Twelve and Fourteen it was replaced by the 13.5 hp Morris Oxford MO.
The hardware
Power comes from 1292 cc Morris Sidevalve I4. It shifts through a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 96 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: its successor was the Morris Oxford MO; assembly was at Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Suburban, the Bugatti Type 57, the Maserati 4CM — show what else the money bought that year. Its British Motor Corporation stablemates include the Austin 10 and the Austin 12.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Morris Ten — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.