[2] 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.

Its design was completed before General Motors took control in late 1925 making the car "in construction and plan British".

This gap in Vauxhall's programme may reflect the sales-failure of their very expensive 25-70 sleeve-valve car.

It has been given a crankshaft with nine bearings which makes the strongest contribution to the engine's smooth running, even at high speed.

The cast-iron cylinder head may be removed without disturbing valve settings.

the inlet manifold's two branch mixing chamber has a vee-shaped piece inside which is heated by exhaust gases.

The single plate dry clutch has a central external spring and roller spigot bearing.

Drive is taken by an open propeller shaft coupled by triple Hardy disc joints to the half-floating spiral-bevel driven rear axle which has a banjo case.

Otherwise he considered the car pleasing, the engine well balanced and it made no noise, the controls were light and simple and functioned correctly.

Pistons are now aluminium and the crankshaft bearings have been enlarged to meet the greater power output.

A new shape of handbrake lever is now on the right side of the driver but allows entry through that doorway.

The change-speed lever is now in the centre of the car and is of the flexible type working in an invisible gate.

[2] Engine: the crankshaft now has seven bearings with a larger surface area and the crank pins are now bored to reduce weight.

There is a mechanical fuel pump to draw petrol from the tank at the rear, powered by a drive taken from the camshaft.

Chassis frame: strengthened Suspension: longer rear springs and hydraulic dampers are now fitted propeller shaft: now has metal in place of fabric joints – required by higher shaft speeds Lighting: twin-filament long-range head lamps are fitted and an automatic reversing light, lights are controlled from the centre of the steering wheel Body: the front wings are now more streamlined[3] Hurlingham, a sports two-seater, not available as a chassis, has an engine with a higher compression ratio and a 4.18 : 1 back axle (standard 4.73 : 1).

[3] The Eighty was announced for the opening of the 1930 Motor Show on 20 October 1930 – and probably overshadowed by their two-week-old new Cadet – with the display of two new models, the Richmond saloon and the Westminster 7-seater limousine.

The dynamo had been switched to the left hand side and was now driven by an additional v-belt from the fan pulley.

The four-point rubber suspension of the engine had been improved and to meet the higher compression the starter had been made stronger.

[10] "The engine was exceptionally pleasing, quiet, well balanced at all speeds, flexible with fine acceleration .

– reported The Times's motoring correspondent – "the four-wheel brakes were above reproach .