Vauxhall D-Type

The Vauxhall D-Type, the 25 h.p. chassis, was a car built by Vauxhall from 1912 to 1922. More than 1,500 were supplied to the British Army in World War I as staff cars, and about 4500 were made in total including 1556 supplied to the armed forces. It appeared at the Olympia Motor Show in November 1912 with a new tapered bonnet that runs flush into the body. Vauxhall re-tuned the Prince Henry engine to a de-rated 60 bhp to carry heavy bodies and marketed it as the weight carrying chassis. It had semi-elliptic leaf springs, rigid axles, a four-speed transmission, no front brakes and a top speed of around 60 mph. The 23-60 replaced it in July 1922.