A Six-Gear-Box It has a high performance, mainly due to
the special gear. This consists of a dual back-axle ratio, by means of which six forward gears are available, and it is certainly one of the most practical of all the " overgeared " systems I have tried. The three-speed box is the normal type made by Ford, with a top ratio of 4.1, a second of 6.6 and a first of 11.6 to t. By a dash control these can be shifted when you like, by pulling out a stop and declutching, to 2.9, 4.6 and 8.2 to z, so that you have, literally at a moment's notice, a box giving you 11.6, 8.2, 6.6, 4.6, 4.! and 2.9 to I —as near infinite range as a petrol engine will allow. The main results are a maximum speed, on the low top, of well over 9o, with something like 8o on high second ; acceleration of a very high order ; brilliant hill-climbing and, perhaps best of all in these noisy days, a cruising speed at which ) ou hardly notice the engine at work. It is a most amusing car for the keen driver to handle, but its principal claim to serious attention is its practical design. It is not, except in performance, a " sports " car. joHN PRIOLEAU.
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