The Studebaker Light Four was an automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana

The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...

 in 1918 and 1919. The car was officially designated Model SH Series 19 and available as a touring car

Touring car

A touring car, or tourer, is an open car seating five or more. Touring cars may have two or four doors. Often, the belt line is lowered in the front doors to give the car a more sportive character. They were often fitted with a folding roof and side curtains. Engines on early models were either in...

, sedan and roadster

Roadster

A roadster is a two-seat open car with emphasis on sporty handling and without a fixed roof or side weather protection. Strictly speaking a roadster with wind-up windows is a convertible but as true roadsters are no longer made the distinction is now irrelevant...

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The Light Four rode a 112 in (2,844.8 mm) wheelbase, and was powered by Studebaker's inline 192 cubic inch four-cylinder engine, delivering 40 bhp at 2,000 rpm

Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute is a measure of the frequency of a rotation. It annotates the number of full rotations completed in one minute around a fixed axis...

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The Light Four was dropped in 1920 as Studebaker shifted its model range exclusively to six-cylinder engines.

Because of its low production numbers, the Light Four is considered to be a rare model by Studebaker collectors of this era of automobile.