About This Car
Measurements: Wheelbase, Bft 6in; track, front and rear, 4ft 3in; length, 14ft din; width, sft Ilin; height, sft; maximum ground clearance, Ilin; width with one door fully open, Bft Zin; minimum width required to get out of the car, 7ft 3in; kerb weight, 26881 b. Test data: Maximum: maximum speed in gears, 2nd, 40 m.p.h.; 3rd, 59 m.pji.; overdrive 3rd, 69 m.p.h.; top, 75 m.p.h.; overtop, 77 m.p.li. Acceleration through the gears, 0-30: m.p.h. in s.sscc; 0-40 m.p.h. in 9.osec; 0-50 m.p.h. in M.lsec; 0-60 m.p.h. in 20.4 sec. Constant speed fuel consumption: at 30 m.p.h„ top, 292 m.p.g.; overdrive top, 31.0 : m.p.g.; at 60 m.p.h., top, 21.1 m.p.g.; overdrive top, 22.9 m.p.g. Overall fuel consumption, 25.0 m.p.g.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28671, 22 August 1958, Page 15
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121About This Car Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28671, 22 August 1958, Page 15
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