Vauxhall Cadet
The Vauxhall Cadet VY is an automobile produced by Vauxhall from 1930 until 1933. It was an entirely new model announced by Vauxhall on 6 October 1930. The first Vauxhall priced below £300, it was intended to supplement the existing 24 h.p. 20-60 thereafter to be known as the Vauxhall Eighty. When exported it was usually supplied with a 27 h.p. engine and named VX. The first truly new Vauxhall since General Motors' purchase of the business in 1925, it was an American-style car with certain local amendments.
OVERVIEW
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| Production | quantity 9,691
1930–33 |
BODY AND CHASSIS
| Body style | saloon, 2-seater and two coupés catalogued also other bodies by Grosvenor and Salmons (Tickford)
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| Layout |
POWERTRAIN
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| Transmission | Single dry-plate clutch, three forward speed gearbox, synchromesh on 2 and 3 from end 1931
open propellor shaft with Hardy Spicer universals and final drive through a spiral bevel gear |
DIMENSIONS
| Wheelbase | 8' 11", 107 in (2,700 mm)
Track 4' 8", 56 in (1,400 mm) Ground clearance 8½", 8.5 in (220 mm) |
CHRONOLOGY
| Predecessor | None, a move downmarket
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