\\ E R TH AN tikmilesper gallon <\V / 888 BY ACTUAL TEST \V* r >~V lIP 45 ' 78 miles P er gallon —in a test run between Auckland and Wellington **\ £W — " the rec « r d of an ordinary stock model Vauxhall Ten. All records were checked \ during the trip by an Automobile Association Official acting as observer. No \ l*|b 'coasting,' no dawdling, no special equipment, and no helping winds ... 465 miles \ jr KTflj KP at an average speed of 31.1 miles per hour, despite heavy rains and head winds jjgSyp «2 Bjr &t time8 ' and road works with miles of sticky mud. Astonishing? Not at all — mm\ H H/Q f<>r VauxhaU Ten owners everywhere are getting similar results, and a South Island M H gK tesl run Delween Christchurch and Invercargill gave equally good results 45.06 ®* jl W& mfleß Der g aUon > Proving that you can get 'better than 40 miles per gallon in a ill it V H Vauxhall Ten.' *M mV # I 11 ; AUCKLAND to WELLINGTON "' II W J I SKI 5 on august i6th 5 i 9 3& Wm > HBslSi wkf * . pi Bai Ql Figures compiled and vouched by .JibbM M£ El \ **-+*-* I,i -- B jil KH Automobile Association observer. 5* MILES I f Distance covered •• . . 465 miles Mr \ mm mf% syL. jjk I Petrol used ... 10 gallons, lj pints LK A* *tsr I m mmfmm WmZ~ **J per sal. n br\V / BlMi^ : ° il Mscd •• • • pint y j, !< - \ Running Time . 14 hours, 56 minutes — \* p * 7 c„ \ Average Speed •.. . • 31.1 m.pJu $3mr&Bmwfl W g * Ta PP enden of Tappenden Motors Ltd., Auckland (driver) and Mr. G. W. / f / Ferens (Observer) photographed with the Vauxhall Ten on arrival at Wellington! *imfW J 3blomnbilt ©fago — '. \ J?Jw . -Sisssrwsar* «om«.*v>c*c« — ■—' \\ a -p*fiß tO \ or Sm —— — - r^o fc »*• A C ttnntauHU|M«ltjaittilUlMitlrtnMla \ \ I * J " m Ave « « teo4 1 |m»U; onpllid fh. mrt> bft t; ••«■ oterai JuHni i t«t n. or 1 II _1*« •» «T_rfJ*a»* - B •e *»!«, ism. \ if *t t« ' •v»oW « «e• B •^ , 1 CSZZs 10. lOirij Eba ■>. llTiTj ••(l.tand HO. Uft-tMj s.l#it OrriM \ I JH) J ,_— «TC*»l> _fitt» m. *•** .» A& 1 |M«,aimr^| liaV )9lltti.| *>l«.t (imludl* fttrol. Mm, I /. JXiS X V&^JL^ » e©» _«f 1» * 45.«° 1 Authorised VauxhtUl and Bedford Dealers: $*£•"•• »••"""• \ * 0fl «er 8F* 10 *"*.aoeT \ TAPPENDEN MOTORS LIMITED, iS£.^S? in " strar,S6. V / !&*»»*} ••* %> +** %«a. ,«3*r»««» \ oy Ueacn noad, Auckland. gag gg £rsa«t»«« u. —«»r m n.withtei in #» K # I- ».- ■«»?» • • -«lloW* 1 ■HmUU> c the Irrim fclllncton ran, tod nki Mak m anM \ T 3 yj «\V W • • B Dargaville: CARR & HOGG LTD. Kaitaia: D. ARCffIBALD & SONS LTD. S B nU l S t Sa«^SS. i r^.^s■i l^-^ " ** - * V " * • • 1& \ Hamilton: WABKATO MOTORS LTD. Warkworth: RODNEY MOTORS LTD. BEaggg** •—*- ~ -«--*. mh. -„,. th. b.u, \ ***Wt#* ,-«l U»«* * 06 H»» le * *-\U 1 Whakatane: HAMILL BROS. LTD. Thames South: McDONNELL MOTORS l£Z SLOS rS2J£T . • 4 *' .• * 1 Tauranga: CF. WASHER LTD. MorrinsvUle: PAINE-UNITED AUTOS LTD. «» — - --i-*e \ A*> ,^oU " M - t^t»^P tl * .• * c rtiilW 11 *** 1 Otahuhu:NEAL MOTORS. Taumarunui: KINNELL-LETT MOTOR CO. LTD. \ VtXto^ efi . • • * -itll0«* r * fcnWT / 1 Rotorua: PAINE-CAMPBELL AUTOS LTD., (Waiwera Garage). \ * *sl& * * rrtrtie * -• T.Z- % Whangard, Kaiohe: PAINE BROS. (North Auckland) LTD. . ul> \ 19 t^ -fl fh» «»*• 1 bB .*■■ lam tS * * Til ' u ENGLAND'S MOST MODERN LIGHT CAR 1I I | c-"""* u^ l .^^*r* 9 V VAUXHALL 10 t§B THE WORLD'S 3M OST E CON OMMC AE. TEN ■ >. ■ *" rn.tH.im TAPPENDEN MOTORS LTD City Me-ter Distributors - - - - 39 BEACH ROAD. AUCKLAND i jt—JZ— - . , • - - ■ -■ «. . -•■ ■■■'~: - ■'' r ■'■'', '. : v "'"'-v'.?i~;(-. *'■ •.; - '^^^^^^^^^^^^^"■■^"^"■■■■^'■^'■^"■^"•■^"■■■■"■■■^■^■^■■'■■■■■■•■■•■•■BBaßWHßßßßßßß^ -V ' • —
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 210, 6 September 1938, Page 11
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