Breakthrough by British firms
NZPA-Reuter London Two British firms, say they have made a breakthrough in diesel-engine design which will give big, powerful cars the fuel economy of much smaller models. Austin-Rover, which is part of the State-owned British Leyland motor giant, and Perkins Engines have signed a deal to market a two-litre fuel-injection engine and a series of cars incorporating it. An Austin-Rover spokes-
man said: “We expect average drivers will get miles-per-gallon figures in the upper 50s (less than five litres per 100 km) in cars which will be introduced in 1985.” The designers say the disadvantages of existing diesels — sluggish acceleration, noise and poor starting when cold — have been overcome by injecting fuel directly into the combustion chambers, rather than into a pre-combustion chamber.
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