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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21127, 29 August 1938, Page 5

I: R TH A N |T| miles peri/allon /J.lL| 11 BY ACTUAL TEST I 111 I'- J 45.06 miles per gallon —in a test run between Christchurch and Invercargill is the record of an ordinary stock model Vauxhall Ten. All records were checked by Mr- J- R. Johnston, Automobile Association official who acted as observer \ JU A during the trip. No ‘coasting,’ no dawdling, no special equipment, and no helping f winds . . . 383 miles at an average of 34.56 miles per hour, through rain, -1\ / hail an d snow and in top gear all the way I Astonishing? Not at all / for Vauxhall Ten owners everywhere are getting similar results, and a North Island i ICSt 1 IIU between Auckland and . Wellington did even better 45.78 miles per J gallon, proving that you can get ‘better than 40 miles per gallon in a Vauxhall Ten.’ Ok ,. s ' It ESULT of TEST RUN ® CHRISTCHURCH to INVERCARGILL on AUGUST 3rd, 1938. IB |S 4l|li| Figures compiled and vouched by cw***’ f I /'tfe.-.-'• -.* Automobile Association observer. f -“7* f : .1 Ml Distance covered 383 miles />C<rOH<Sed gallons •,kJ7 / I M .J Petrol consumption X|P. O6 miles J/ \ >lll .I „.. . 45 perElL \ atf AU Oil used NIL j/' 7 / TV*’’ Running Time .. 11 hours, 5 minutes / I Average Speed 34.56 m.p.h. I /JraF Comments: Top gear all the way V Mr. Tom Davidson of Cormack, Wilkes, Davidson Ltd., Invercargill (driver) and Mr. J. R. X- /« * ' Johnston (Observer) photographed with the Vauxhall Teu on arrival at Invercargill. -s - ; in a\ 0 The Automobile Association _ 1 . * 1 (SOUTHLAND) INC. ( k \ J /« K,„, AS on x <cfO'' rtt \ S pT \ \\.O a*.‘l?#. \ ‘I J “* rSlr ” \ VA , re* oll9 Lr'Va«‘» h * & \ B C r 11OW1 1 t ti haV9 pl n fl d r ft- in P "c^d B °f ™n la \ \ UftH j 1 J Z a Vauxhall 10 h.p. I personally supervised;- \ X J I & ° 1 < zx J \ \l / rkft 1 I - Description of Vehicle; Vauxhall jOh.p. \ >" X C / c C A ■ fr Fovr D“ or four-seater Saloon; chassis No. 8175, Reg’d. Mo. \ J \ a *** rt A 1 \ 119231. R.A.C. Rating 10 h.p.; Maker’s Weight of Vehicle \ (J F ID aV . T* 10 ’ . 1 XW* as unladen 2016 lbs. Weight carried (Driver, observer ai.i \ / U\'" V _c.% L •»*» nC»’' J 1 ?>* • 1 luggage 434 lbs. Total running weight including benzine, \ AJCfcP'' rt A rtlU® 6 1 248 U lbs. \ 1 AS-‘® A 1 Of \ A-W^^aiuesW’ 4 \ Distance covered: 303 miles \ <'L / Petrol used: 81, gallons \ J 'AeS P® 1 T ° a « 1 • f¥trol consumption: 45.06 miles per gallon \ X 7 / \ I** 1 eVillt 1 aiflfi* ■ OH used: Nil \ 11/ *** ° -•-« 1 Running Time: 11 Hrs. 5 Mins. \ ) / i .orVCt Te V \VCt C 1 Average speed; 34.56 ILP.H. \ I U Desarlptlon of Trial: Ths trial ven held on \ * * "1 k ■ ths wiln highways and consisted of a run from Christchurch to . \ .‘• v _/ U'J w • 11 11S 1 X Authorised Vauxhall and Bedford Dealer: \ a/ „„ e crcd • ‘ jo O' 1 ' 1 ’ - gak \ HORWELL, OSBORN, McBEATH LTD., \ ”‘ s nt ofp clro . . 45- 78 tn . i.P int \ rp. General Performance of Or: Ths whois \ \ JL UUcirila Journey was acoomplished on top gear and at no tlms was ths car \ . —OflS**' 1 • * - %() TH 1 1 I petrol c . - It hot‘ rsJ \ \ Oil« scd * \ ~ \ ; ( .tual ßUt ‘ ; •• • . \ A« crnflC 1 a si* v'“* \ ENGLAND’S MOST MODERN LIGHT CAR ]■ \ V\l\ll\LL ID THE WORLH’S MOST ECONOMICAL TEN

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