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Fuel consumption and speed trial results for a stock car versus a Dubonnet Stream-lined car.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 126\3\  scan0151
Date  24th March 1936
  
Automobile Club de France
COMMISSION TECHNIQUE

SUITE ( 3 ) DU PROCES VERBAL D'ESSAI N° 1.305

of 100,909 kilometers, or 63,068 miles, per hour

Fuel consumption of the stock car :
17.324 liters per 100 kilometers or 7.332 U.S. gals per 100 miles
Mileage - 13,6 miles per gallon

Fuel consumption of the Dubonnet Stream-lined car :
10,758 liters per 100 kilometers or 4.553 U.S. gals per 100 miles
Mileage - 21,9 miles per gallon

3°- Fuel consumption recorded for 10 laps of the road circuit (5 kms, or 3 1/4 miles, per lap)
Total distance covered : 50 kms or 32,5 miles

Speed measured by the official time-keeper of the French Automobile Club :
96,164 kilometers, or 60,102 miles per hour, for both cars travelling about 650 feet apart

Consumption recorded :
Stock car - 28,6 liters per 100 kms, or 12,1 gals per 100 miles
Mileage - 8 1/2 miles per gallon
Dubonnet Stream-lined car - 22,340 liters per 100 kms or 9,45 gals per 100 miles
Mileage - 10,6 miles per gallon.

March 24th, 1936
The DIRECTOR OF LABORATORY
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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