The Lagonda 20 hp Torpedo was the first car launched by Lagonda, introduced in 1907 by the company's American-born founder Wilbur Gunn after he had built motorcycles and high-powered tricars at Staines. It had a six-cylinder engine rated at 20 hp, and Gunn used one to win the Moscow to St. Petersburg trial of 1910. That success produced a healthy order for exports to Russia, which continued until 1914. The Torpedo therefore marks the point at which Lagonda moved from motorcycles to cars, a few years before the small 11.1 of 1913 gave the company its first advanced light car.
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The Lagonda company was founded in 1906 in the UK in Staines, Middlesex, by American-born Wilbur Gunn
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Lagonda is a British luxury car brand established in 1906
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the 20-hp, 6-cylinder Torpedo
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In 1907 he launched his first car, the 20-hp, 6-cylinder Torpedo
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In 1907 he launched his first car, the 20 hp, six-cylinder Torpedo, which he used to win the Moscow-St. Petersburg trial of 1910.
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The Lagonda company was founded in 1906 in the UK in Staines, Middlesex, by American-born Wilbur Gunn
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