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Your car is traveling at 30 m.p.h. when the proverbial child dashes out in front of you. You hit the brake, of course. But with which foot? A few years ago, the question would have been ridiculous, but today the ubiquity of the automatic transmission with its clutchless floor board is making it the subject of a great debate among motor-vehicle bureaucracies. Some states encourage left-foot braking (among them, South Dakota and Michigan); some disqualify or penalize any license applicant who does it (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Utah). Most states have no policy at all. And there...
...famed little low-priced, four-passenger model sporting an automatic gearshift, the first in a cheap French car. The gears change automatically as the engine increases and decreases its speed. If Deux Chevaux is successful, Citroën will concentrate on producing clutchless cars...
TURBOCRUISER, a gas-turbine passenger bus, is being road-tested by General Motors Corp., but mass production of the bus is a long way off. Chief advantages of the vehicles: light weight, little vibration, use of a wide range of fuels, and clutchless operation. Drawbacks: high fuel consumption and scarcity of heat-resistant metals needed, such as nickel, cobalt and molybdenum...
...Clutchless Trucks. General Motors Corp. announced that Hydra-Matic drive for heavy-duty trucks will be available as optional equipment for the first time on 1954 models. Drivers will be able to run through eight forward speeds without using a clutch...
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