Production chronology1929–1930
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Hillman20 8-cylinder
Production1929–1930
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
ClassAutomobile
Background
The Hillman Straight Eight and its successor the Hillman Vortic were moderate priced mid-sized 20 tax-horsepower executive cars made by Hillman from 1929 to 1930. The lowest priced eight-cylinder car on the market the car was scarcely in full production when sales were hit by the onset of the Great Depression.
Text adapted from “Hillman 20 8-cylinder” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
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