97 cars before going bankrupt in 1951. The Playboy had a 40 hp (30 kW) Continental [1] four-cylinder sidevalve [2] engine driving a three-speed manual transmission . It would get 35 mpg -US (6.7 L/100 km; 42 mpg -imp ). It would accelerate from 0-30 mph (48 km/h) in six seconds,