EOROPE’S CHEAPEST.
CAR FOR LESS THAN £75. A new small car is being made in France, where it is being sold for less than £75. It is of the baby class, with a. wheel base of 881 inches and a 40inch track. Only single-seater models are being produced, and these are said to have a maximum speed of 48 miles per hour on a petrol consumption of 48 miles per gallon. The motor is unusual, being a twocylinder, two-stroke, with a rotarydistributor, which delivers the mixture to the cylinders under a slight pressure. This obviates the usual twostroke principle of crank case compression. The ignition distributor is mounted on the top of the combined starter-generator, while the blowerdistributor, situated at the rear of the starter motor, draws the mixture from a Solex carburettor and delivers it to the cylinders. The throws of the engine are at 180 degrees, and the motor is said to I have the rhythm of a four-cylinder ; four-stroke. Lubrication is by splash, the clutch is a cone type, .and the gear box has only two forward speeds and a reverse. A transverse spring is used in front and quarter elliptics at the rear. Four-wheel ■ brakes are fitted.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 313, 7 November 1929, Page 7
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201EOROPE’S CHEAPEST. Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 313, 7 November 1929, Page 7
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