Triumph 10/20

The Triumph 10/20 was a car made by the Triumph Motor Company from 1923 until 1926 and was the first Triumph automobile. Its name came from the Royal Automobile Club taxation class of 10 horsepower and an actual output of 20 brake horsepower. Designed principally by Arthur Alderson with Alan Lea and Arthur Sykes, who were employed by Lea-Francis and were paid a royalty on every car, it used a 1,393 cc four-cylinder side-valve engine designed by Harry Ricardo. It launched as a two-seat, steel-panelled open tourer with a dickey seat, and a sports model and then a fabric-covered Weymann saloon followed.