Triumph 10/20

Triumph 10/20 (1923 )

The Triumph 10/20 was the first car that manufactured the Triumph Motor Company. It was built from 1923 to 1926.

This first triumph was 10/20 named after the division of the Royal Automobile Club (RAC ) in 10 control and 20 - horsepower brake horsepower. The construction was carried out with the help of Arthur Alderson Alan Arthur Lea and Sykes. They were employed by Lea - Francis and Triumph had to pay a license fee per finished car. The car was powered by a four-cylinder in-line engine with side valves and 1,393 cc capacity, which had been designed by Harry Ricardo and equipped with a single Zenith updraft carburetor. The engine developed 23.5 bhp ( 17.3 kW) at 3,000 min -1 and accelerated the car up to 84 km / h The fuel consumption was 7.1 l / 100 km. The four-speed gearbox was mounted in the center of the car and connected to the engine by a short drive shaft.

The car was presented as a two -seat, open touring car with all-steel body. It was available with an additional Schwiegermuttersitz, which was not supplied by triumph but by the Regent Carriage Company in London. Soon a Sport model came with aluminiumbeplankter body with long wings to and 1924 there was a four-seat sedan with Weymann body, which had a single door on the driver's side and two doors on the passenger side. The wheelbase was 2591 mm, with which he was ( to 508 mm! ) Is the largest of the former "Light Cars". It was the first British production car with hydraulic brakes - equipped - but first the rear only. Together with the models 13/35 and Fifteen created about 2,000 pieces. The sale price was £ 430-460 which, compared with, for example, a Wolseley Ten, which cost £ 250, was very expensive.