Data

Car: 1950 Renault saloon. Four-cylinder o.h.v. 54.5 by 80 mm. 748-c.c., rear-engine. Wheelbase 6 ft. 10½ in. Weight:

11¼ cwt.

Loaned by: Offord, 154, Gloucester Road, London, S.W.7, (Fremantle 0051).

Speedometer reading: 15,200.

Speedometer maxima: First, 25 m.p.h.; second, 44 m.p.h.; top, 60 m.p.h.

Fuel consumption: Approximately 45 m.p.g. (range, approximately 270 miles).

Tyre size: 4.75-15 (five Dunlops).

Oil: Price’s Energol. Plugs: K.L.G.

References: Full road-test report on similar car, Motor Sport, November, 1948.