The World's.. j| Championship ;| At Brooklands, on the Bth June, <' 1908, the World's Motor Champion- (' ship was won by a. ... ' (*. F.I.A.T.CAR ■«! In this race, as in all other great ([ tests of motor endurance, . the (' F.I. A.T. again proved itself supremo j | In 1907 the three classic events of I the year ... ( ■*, Thi Grand Prix \\ , T_TeTargaFlorio|; Thi Kaiser's Cup;j WERE WON BY F.I.A.TV. j I In the classic event of 1908,. the > great match at Brooklands on June j > Bth, a F.I.A.T. won, and in -winning . > established ... '*. > , A WORLD'S RECORD OF <>j 12.1.6 Miles an Hour ![ for 2J miles, officially certi 'cd' by- J | the Brooklands Automobile Racing ' \ Club. Also a . . . '*S BROOKLANDS RECORD OF. ([ 94| Miles ah Hour j ► for the full distance of 27 miles 7 i, This stupendous performance, Z U which is the greatest achieve- < | ment ever recorded .in the i\ annals of motoring, proves J> again that the F.I.A.T. sfands <[ first in the Automobiio World, j > It is not a one-race car—all the I above races were run under widely. 1 ► divergent conditions, yet F.I.A.T. , > won them all. If you require a car ! ) that 1 you can absolutely depend J) upon in any and all emergencies, J) for all and any class of work, town \\ work, country work, touring ot J racing—a car %vhich, in design, C material and construction, ha* C emerged triumphant where oth - . C have failed, from the severest tests & human ingenuity can devise—let C that car be a F.I.A.T. C Scott, Morgan || &Co. j| SOLE AGENTS I j, Manchester Street \\ ..Christchurch,. j
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13250, 19 October 1908, Page 5
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