MOTOR INDUSTRY.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4519, 24 January 1923, Page 4

MOTOR INDUSTRY.

FRENCH MANUFACTURERS. AIMING AT ECONOMY. According to Lieut. R. E. Teigel, of the Jules Michelet, .the principal aim j of French motor-car manufacturers is to secure economy in /running charges. Economy, he says, is the i first of their cares. It is attained by I reducing first fuel, then tyr ( e con- ’ sumption. The Strasbourg Grand i Prix for touring cars 'has proved that practical fuel consumption had been I lowered in France in unheard-of proi portions. It took place five months I ago under specially severe conditions, four passengers, ana 4400 pounds ! w?ight. The victor car, “Voisin,” achieved an average speed of 65 miles an hour, over 425 miles ; she cover- • efl 20.18 miles’ per gallon. The theory ! of carburettors has made enormous i progress—a Ford Car equipped with a French “Solex” corburettpr gives in , ordinary service 25 miles per gallonI TYRE CONSUMPTION. i The second cause of expense in motoring is tyre consumption. French industry, in improving her manufacturing processes, and using .tissue cl a new pattern, has attained the following results : Normal mileage tor a car wciglhing 4'4001b empty is about 6000 for back wheels, 9000 for front, wheels, this being meant for cars whoso average speed is 30 miles an hour and maximum speed 50 miles an hour. There numbers are quite current, and show that operating costs of French, cars have been lowered to a minimum number.