About This Car
Measurements: Wheelbase, Bft 6in; track, front, 4ft 2 11-16 in; rear, 4ft 3in; length, 14ft sin; width, sft lin; height, sft; maximum ground clearance, 7 i in; width with one door fully open, 7ft Ilin; minimum width required, to get out of the car, 6ft 7in; kerb weight, 24641 b.
Some Test Data.—Maximum speed in gears: 2nd, 45 m.p.h.; 3rd, 65 m.p.h.; top, 80 m.p.h. Acceleration through the gears: 0-30 m.p.h. in 6.2 sec: 0-40 m.p.h. in 9.lsec; 0-50 m.p.h. in j3.ssec; 0-60 m.p.h. in 19sec. Constant gpeed fuel consumption: at 30 m.p.h., 37.6 fii.p.g.; at 60 m.p.h., 25.9 m.p.g. Overall fuel consumption, 25.9 m.p.g. The price in New Zealand is £1324.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28701, 26 September 1958, Page 11
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115About This Car Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28701, 26 September 1958, Page 11
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