To the' Editor of the "Norrm-Cuiwa Dairy News.
Six—In a recent issue of yous] paper under "Motor Not" an ae-count oons given or come remarkable trea: is an important traffic route) to approach: the Bund-and-deserves' wife also died tragically by ber'ownl results froma Ford cars, These were! standard Mongols; and before she would dis-models, four seaters and open cars, think, one of which ran 49.8 miles a gallon of petrol, presumably 'American measure, equivalent to just over 59 miles' on an English [gallon. I do not know what the cubic capacity of the Ford engine is but it must be somewhere about 1500 c.c. and although we are not told of the nature of the trial ie., whether it was over hilly or flat country, or round a track, yet the figures verge on the phenomenal, If we allow 25 per cent. to cover the difference between ronni ditions in the country as compare with those in town, the valiant Lizzie mentioned above would reel off something like 37 miles to the U.S. gallon if located right here in Shanghai, My car has an engine capacity of about 900 ce. and weighs some 8 cwt., which ig no doubt less than the weight of a Ford 4 seater and yet the best I get is 40/42 per U.S. gallon, during the hot weather. In the cold weather it only docs about 30/33 mpg.
It would be very interesting to hear if any of our local motor who are proud possessors of Ameri Jen's national car, find them such €xcellent aids to combat the H.C.L. as they certainly would appear to be, judging from the article I have I am, ete, Honx, Shanghai, Dee. 16, 1926,
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