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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...buyers who still shop with an eye on fuel economy last week got an idea which cars can stretch a gallon the farthest. In the Fifth Annual Mobilgas Economy Run, experts drove 20 competing stock models from every major U.S. automaker over 1,335 miles of some of the ruggedest roads in the U.S., and made every drop of gas count...
...with three of the eight firsts. In the low-priced field ($1,500 to $2,050 f.o.b. factory), a six-cylinder Studebaker Champion beat out two Fords (the low-price winner for four years), a Plymouth and a Chevrolet, clicked off the run at an average 29.58 miles per gallon. Studebaker's bigger V-8 Land Cruiser won the upper-medium-price ($2,401 to $3,000) field for automatic transmission cars with 24.57 m.p.g., and the same car with standard transmission and overdrive won the sweepstakes grand prize by lightfooting it over the course at 28.1 m.p.g...
...heat exchange that transfers heat from the exhaust gases to the incoming air. The system not only cools the exhaust but saves fuel, since the intake air is preheated before it reaches the combustion chamber. As a result, says Chrysler, the new engine delivers as many horsepower-miles per gallon of gasoline as a standard automobile engine, and the exhaust gases are several hundred degrees cooler. While cooling systems for automobile gas turbines had been designed before, they were too bulky to be practical. Chrysler's system is so compact that the whole engine weighs only...
...Metropolitan looks much like a baby brother to Nash's Rambler. It has a short wheelbase (85 in.), a four-cylinder, 42-h.p. engine that gets 40 miles to the gallon, and a top speed of 70 m.p.h. The front seat will hold three adults, the rear seat two children...
Fireproof Paint. A fire-retarding paint that can be used for home decorating has been put on sale by Glidden Co. Intense heat makes the paint swell and char, forming an incombustible protective blanket. Price: $7.95 a gallon in white, $8.35 in black and colors...