German Speed Car
DEPORTS from Berlin are that Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, a. loading German engineer, has developed an "under-covor" high-speed car which looks half like a fish and half like a torpedo. The facts concerning it indicate that it is powered with a 16-oylinder engine which is.mounted in the chassis behind the driver so that its weight is virtually centrally disposed and that the chassis itself has an unusually short whoolbasc.
According to reports the car was taken from the construction works at Chemnitz to the Nunburg Ring between Coblcnz and Cologne where the Grand Prix races are run and was given preliminary trials. The roar of its exhaust is described as shattering and various high speeds arc attributed to it. Behind the construction there appears to be an intention to go out after the world speed record.
MOTORISTS in Canada can travel on iVi surfaced roads a total equal to almost four times the circumference of the earth and on the unsurfneed roads more than .12 limes that distance. At the end of 1932 (ho surfaced highway mileage in the Dominion was 91,3.11.0 miles and unsurfaced' roads totalled 307,008/1 miles, making a total of 398,320, miles.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18596, 5 January 1935, Page 9
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197German Speed Car Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18596, 5 January 1935, Page 9
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