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.
| Vauxhall Cadet VY and export VX | |
|---|---|
Grosvenor saloon de luxe £325 1933 | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Vauxhall (General Motors) |
| 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) |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2,048 cc 6-cylinder in-line ohv 3,178 cubic centimetres (194 cu in) in the export VX |
| 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) |
| Kerb weight | 26 cwt |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | None, a move downmarket |
| Successor | Vauxhall Big Six 20 h.p. and Vauxhall Light Six |
The mascot on the Cadet's radiator cap became the (two-dimensional) BOAC Speedbird logo.
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