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1905 Star
Gordon Bennett GP
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Star Gordon Bennett
GP Car History
The 1905 Star
70/90 hp car pictured on this page was produced
by the British car manufacturer Star in their
new workshop in Frederick Street Wolverhampton,
for Mr F Goodwin to allow him to compete in
the 1905 Gordon Bennett sponsored, Isle of Man
"Gordon Bennett Cup" race. Two of the 10.108
litre GP Stars were entered in the Gordon Bennett
Cup Isle of Man qualifying races, unfortunately
both of the Star GP cars failed to qualify.
When the 1905 Gordon Bennet Cup race took place
at the Auvergne Circuit in France, it was dominated
by the cars produced by Richard-Brasier and
FIAT which between them took all of the first
four positions.
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1905 Star Gordon
Bennett GP Car Performance
The 1905 Star Gordon Bennett
GP car was powered by a massive 10.108 litre four cylinder
engine configured into two banks of twin cylinders, it developed
approximately 90 hp, this gave this race car a top speed
in excess of 75 mph. Following the cars failure to qualify
for the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup, Star never produced another
car with such a large capacity and powerful engine.
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10.1
1itre 90hp four cylinder
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Star Motor
Company car production
The Star Motor Company was based in Wolverhampton in the
UK and made it's first car in 1899, the company steadily
increased in size, and production rates, until the outbreak
of WWI by which time they were producing 1,000 cars per
year.
The Star Motor
Company in WWI
During WW1 Star was required
by the British government to focus on the production of
lorries for the war effort. After WW1 ended Star failed
to adopt the new mass production methods, it tried to survive
by the production of bespoke cars for the wealthily but
orders dwindled steadily in favour of mass produced vehicles
resulting in Star ceasing it's car production during 1932.
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Gordon Bennett Grand Prix
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