Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Vauxhall 20-60 is a four or five-seater saloon, limousine, tourer or coupé-cabriolet manufactured by Vauxhall of Luton. It was announced on 28 September 1927 with a six-cylinder engine and a four-speed gearbox. A cautious move downmarket. \"The first time any six-cylinder Vauxhall has been sold under £1000!\" \"British & Vauxhall\". The initial 2.7-litre engine was enlarged to 3-litres after twelve months.Priced to be at the lower end of the luxury market with six cylinders, four speeds and five brakes, the better endowed 20-60 replaced the 4-cylinder Vauxhall 14-40. Though the new engine's capacity or swept volume was enlarged just 465cc the vagaries of the RAC or tax formula moved its tax rating from 14HP to 20HP. This tax increase was a significant impost for owners. Its design was completed before General Motors took control in late 1925 making the car \"in construction and plan British\".The 20-60 — it was given a 3.3 litre engine in October 1930 and renamed 80, later Silent Eighty — remained in production until the introduction of Vauxhall's first true General Motors large-car design, the Vauxhall Big Six, announced and displayed in October 1933 but not delivered until August 1934 long after the GM-designed medium-sized Cadet released in October 1930.This gap in Vauxhall's programme may reflect the sales-failure of their very expensive 25-70 sleeve-valve car.General Motors had taken control of Vauxhall 16 November 1925."@en }
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- Vauxhall_20-60 abstract "The Vauxhall 20-60 is a four or five-seater saloon, limousine, tourer or coupé-cabriolet manufactured by Vauxhall of Luton. It was announced on 28 September 1927 with a six-cylinder engine and a four-speed gearbox. A cautious move downmarket. \"The first time any six-cylinder Vauxhall has been sold under £1000!\" \"British & Vauxhall\". The initial 2.7-litre engine was enlarged to 3-litres after twelve months.Priced to be at the lower end of the luxury market with six cylinders, four speeds and five brakes, the better endowed 20-60 replaced the 4-cylinder Vauxhall 14-40. Though the new engine's capacity or swept volume was enlarged just 465cc the vagaries of the RAC or tax formula moved its tax rating from 14HP to 20HP. This tax increase was a significant impost for owners. Its design was completed before General Motors took control in late 1925 making the car \"in construction and plan British\".The 20-60 — it was given a 3.3 litre engine in October 1930 and renamed 80, later Silent Eighty — remained in production until the introduction of Vauxhall's first true General Motors large-car design, the Vauxhall Big Six, announced and displayed in October 1933 but not delivered until August 1934 long after the GM-designed medium-sized Cadet released in October 1930.This gap in Vauxhall's programme may reflect the sales-failure of their very expensive 25-70 sleeve-valve car.General Motors had taken control of Vauxhall 16 November 1925.".