
2021 Ford Puma review: ST or sinner?
If there is a car that better illustrates all that is wrong with the ‘crossover’ class of car, it is this new Puma ST, despite the fact that it is…
New Records for Eldridge.
On his return from Indianopolis, B. A. D. Eldridge brought with him a two-litre straight-eight miller racing car, a special crankshaft to transform the engine to a 1500 c.c. model. With the American type of narrow single-seater body Eldridge broke three short-distance class records at Montlhery recently. Five kilometres were covered in 29 5-100s average 125 m.p.h. 59 as compared with the previous record of lm. 56 70-100s’ set up by Staniland on a Bugatti. The five mile record for this class was lowered from 2m. 38 58-100s to 2m. 27 7-100s Elddridge making a speed of 122.38 m.p.h. His time for 10 kilometre being 3m. 4.87-100s or 121 m.p.h. compared with 3m. 59.70-100s.
According to” The Motor Trader” another American car on European lines is promised. It will have a Knight sleeve valve engine and “the speed ability of the European Knight motor cars is incorporated in the new product.”