Vauxhall 14-40
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{{Infobox Automobile
| image = Vauxhall - Flickr - mick - Lumix.jpg
| caption = 1927 Vauxhall 14-40 LM type with Melton coachwork.
| name = Vauxhall 14-40
| manufacturer = Vauxhall
| aka = Vauxhall 14
Vauxhall M
Vauxhall LM
| production = 1922 to 1927
| assembly = United Kingdom, Australia
| predecessor = Vauxhall 30-98
| successor = Vauxhall 20-60
| class =
| body_style = 4-door and 2-door roadster
saloon and limousine
coupe
landaulette
| layout = FR layout
| platform =
| engine = 2297cc I4
| transmission = 3-speed manual (L type)
4-speed manual (LM type)
| wheelbase = {{convert|117|in|mm|abbr=on}} {{cite book|last=Culshaw |author2=Horrobin |title=Complete Catalogue of British Cars |year=1974 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=978-0-333-16689-5}}
| length = {{convert|166|in|mm|abbr=on}}
| width =
| height =
| weight = {{convert|70|in|mm|abbr=on}}
| related =
| designer = C E King
}}
The Vauxhall 14 is an automobile which was produced by Vauxhall in the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1927.{{cite book |last=Baldwin |first=N. |title=A-Z of Cars of the 1920s|year=1994 |publisher=Bay View Books |location=Devon, UK |isbn=978-1-870979-53-5}}
As well as United Kingdom manufacture, knock-down kits were assembled in Australia.
Model M
File:Autoseum 08 - Vauxhall.jpg
First shown at the 1921 London Motor Show, the car reached the public in 1922.
The new car, designed by Clarence King, had a four-cylinder 2297cc side-valve engine mounted in-unit with a three-speed transmission. The separate chassis had semi-elliptic leaf springs at the front and cantilever springs at the rear. Brakes acted on the rear wheels only with a separate pair of shoes for the handbrake. Disc type wheels were fitted.
The car was said to be capable of reaching nearly {{convert|60|mph|-1|abbr=on}} and return {{convert|28|mpgimp|abbr=on}}.
=Body styles=
Model LM
In 1924 the LM version appeared with a higher compression engine developing {{convert|40|bhp|abbr=on}} and four-speed transmission. Wire-spoked wheels replaced the disc ones. Front-wheel brakes were added in 1926.
In 1924 the 14-40 with Princeton tourer body cost GBP595.