AN artist's conceptions of the Tucker Torpedo, a new car about to invade the low-price field. Te be mass-produced to sell at around the 1000 dollar mark, the car has a centre control, designed to aid accuracy in steering, curved safety glass in the windshield to provide full vision, a 150 h.p. engine, and is designed to cruise at 100 m.p.h., with petrol consumption estimated from 35 to 60 miles to the gallon, depending on speed and octane rating.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1946, Page 6
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79AN artist's conceptions of the Tucker Torpedo, a new car about to invade the low-price field. Te be mass-produced to sell at around the 1000 dollar mark, the car has a centre control, designed to aid accuracy in steering, curved safety glass in the windshield to provide full vision, a 150 h.p. engine, and is designed to cruise at 100 m.p.h., with petrol consumption estimated from 35 to 60 miles to the gallon, depending on speed and octane rating. Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1946, Page 6
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