Reliability Trials. CHRISTCHURCH TO DUNEDIN. PETROL CONSUMPTION TEST.

Progress, Volume III, Issue 4, 1 February 1908, Page 136

Reliability Trials. CHRISTCHURCH TO DUNEDIN. PETROL CONSUMPTION TEST.

of the test after the results were announced, Mr. R. M. Macdonald said that the performances of the leading cars were remarkably good. The Rover was well known to be very economical, and he was not at all surprised to find it occupying first place on the list. The conditions of speed on the second day's run gave an advantage, as it happened, to any car direct-driven on a gear

than the highest, because the most economical running is on the direct-driving gear. That, doubtless, had some bearing on the success of the Rover, the speed demanded enabling it to run largely on its third gear. But even so, it was a noteworthy performance, seeing that the result was better than that achieved in the last Scottish reliability trials.