![\"memorial](\"https:\/\/barrys.statenweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vauxhall-1-vehicle-1-150x150.jpg\")
reserved for the wealthy and eventually introduced to the military.<\/p>\nWhen World War l broke out, Henry Ford had just begun production of the Model T.\u00a0 At the time, horse draw carriage was the mode of transportation used by most civilians. \u00a0Military personnel got around on horseback.\u00a0 The car\u00a0or \u201chorseless carriage\u201d as it was commonly known, was reserved for the wealthy and eventually introduced to the military.<\/p>\n
The Vauxhall D-Type, which came off the production line in 1915, had a 4 cylinder, 25hp, 3,969cc engine.\u00a0 The car\u00a0was able to carry five passengers at a speed of 60 mph. It was used to transport top military officials across conflict zones.<\/p>\n
It was during this time when the term \u201chorsepower\u201d was introduced to the auto industry.\u00a0 As you can imagine, the term literally compared the power of the engine to that of the horse.\u00a0 It is estimated that 8 million horses lost their lives during WW1.<\/p>\n
In all, 1,500 D-Types were produced for the military \u2013 at a rate of approximately 7 vehicles a week.\u00a0 It had a sturdy chassis and durable engine. Ford used enforced bicycle tires in his design which worked remarkably well when traversing rough terrains.\u00a0 Remember, at that time, there were no roads so bicycle tires made perfect sense.<\/p>\n
According to Vauxhall literature, a gunner on a D-Type in 1916 said, \u201cThe old Vauxhall will go on being bumped, swamped, bogged, and perhaps shelled; but its work is to help win the war, and it does it with a good heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
By 1916, approximately eight D-Types per week were being created for the military.\u00a0 You may wonder why they didn\u2019t order more but when you think about it the number made sense.\u00a0 Just as there weren\u2019t any paved roads at the time, the tools needed for automotive repair did not exist in large quantities which meant if the car broke down while transporting goods, the goods would be left behind for enemies to use.\u00a0 In order not to risk the loss of the important supplies, the army continued to transport supplies by horse and cart for the majority of the war.\u00a0 Nonetheless, it\u2019s use of the D-Type was enough to change how the world operated. \u00a0Only two D-Types survive today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When World War l broke out, Henry Ford had just begun production of the Model T.\u00a0 At the time, horse draw carriage was the mode of transportation used by most civilians. \u00a0Military personnel got around on horseback.\u00a0 The car\u00a0or \u201chorseless carriage\u201d as it was commonly known, was reserved for the wealthy and eventually introduced to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n