{"id":498691,"date":"2020-04-03T13:47:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=104669"},"modified":"2024-07-07T17:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T17:06:19","slug":"britains-first-sports-car-the-vauxhall-c-10-prince-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/britains-first-sports-car-the-vauxhall-c-10-prince-henry\/","title":{"rendered":"1911 – 1914 Vauxhall Prince Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally built to compete in the 1910 Prince Henry Trophy, a German trial designed to discover the world\u2019s best all-round touring car, the C-10 3-liter Vauxhall has since been acknowledged as Britain\u2019s, if not the world\u2019s, first true sports car.<\/p>\n

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Laurence Pomeroy, Vauxhall\u2019s Chief Engineer, entered three C-10s in the 1910 event, each with tuned versions of the company\u2019s 3054-cc side-valve engine. The cars were driven by Vauxhall\u2019s MD, Percy Kidner, and co-directors, AJ Hancock and Rudolf Selz, all of whom finished the 1230-mile event, but alas without collecting any awards. However, due to the cars\u2019 speed and durability, a legend had been created and later the same year a road version, known as the \u201cPrince Henry Type\u201d was shown to the press.<\/p>\n

The Autocar <\/em>noted that the new car was, \u201c\u2026a particularly fast, light car for road work,\u201d with Vauxhall guaranteeing that the Prince Henry could achieve \u201cmore than 90 mph\u201d when fitted with a single-seat body.<\/p>\n