The Question of Speed Variety.

Progress, Volume IV, Issue 1, 2 November 1908, Page 26

The Question of Speed Variety.

No one thinks that all eais should have four speeds, but the vast majonty are much pleasantei to dine and to use with four speeds than with thiee When engines ot huge power and lemaikdble flexibility are used, thiee speeds may

t5 C\R — An old Be/m 3£ h p bought and lestored for £5. This is the car for moderate means. suffice. There seems to be a general misunderstanding even among those who would be expected to know better, as the advocates of three speeds nearly always take the line that with three speeds one can go as fast as any reasonable person would amsli, pnd that if the engine is big enough practically all ordinary hills can be climbed upon the top speed. They seem to think that the advocates of four speeds must want four speeds because of a sinful lust for high speed. It does not occur to them that if two cars are taken both with the same top gear ratio, and therefoie the same capabilities for maximum speed, the one with four speeds will bo pleasanter to drive than the one with three.