Vauxhall does not build many cars like the Vauxhall 12-4: a 4-door saloon with 1442 , built from 1939 to 1946 when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits 1442 . The gearbox is a 3-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 101.25 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Where it sits in Vauxhall's history is not in doubt: the Vauxhall Light Six came before it; the Vauxhall Wyvern followed it; it was built at United Kingdom. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Lincoln Continental, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Rolls-Royce Phantom III berline. Nearby in the Vauxhall catalogue sit the Vauxhall 10-4 and the Vauxhall 30/98.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Vauxhall 12-4 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.