Breathtaking Performance
ENGINE: Six-cylinder, twin overhead camshafts, capacity 3731 c.c n compression ratio 8 to 1; develops 220 b.h.p. at 5500 r.pm. PERFORMANCE: 0-30 m.p.h. in 32see; 0-50 in B.4sec; 0-30 in 14.6 see; 0-100 in 25-lsec. Standing quarter mile in I*3 sec. Maximum speed (overdrive top) about 128 m.pJi.; maximum in third, M m.pJu Fuel consumption (overdrive top): at 30 m.p.h, 31.1 m.p.g.; at 50 m.pJt, 27.7 m.p.g.; at IM m.p.h„ 153 m.p.g. (Alf figures baaed on English* premium grade fuel.)
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29251, 8 July 1960, Page 17
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