Eric
MrZAG57@aol.com wrote:
>
> In an advertisement title " Our Cups Runneth Over" Rootes claimed an average
> of 91 mph and 18 mpg. The problem is the ads ran in the U.S. and they don't
> say if they were imperial gallons or not.
Thanks for this and your other post to the list. After putting some numbers
into
the ITE formula I think that they are talking US mpg. The reason is:
The 1.2 litre Lotus Elite that won the ITE in 1960 achieved 24.27 Imperial mpg
(20.2 US). In 1961, two 1.2 litre Elites finished ahead on the track, but
behind
in the ITE, of the Alpine.
If we assume the US advertisment meant Imperial mpg, then if either of the
Lotuses had achieved better than 20 Imperial in 1961, they would have beaten the
Alpine in the ITE. However if we assume the US ad. meant US mpg, then the
Lotuses would have had to get better than 24 Imperial mpg to beat the Alpine.
Cheers
Vic
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