The grand touring car which embodies twenty years of racing experience.
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Number and arrangement of cylinders: 12 « V » 60° - Bore and stroke 77 x 58.8 mm - Piston displacement 3285.722 cc - Compression ratio 9.2 : 1 - Maximum b.h.p. 300 at 8000 r.p.m. - Cylinder block and crankcase in silumin aluminium alloy with forced-in liners - Crankshaft on 7 bearings and connecting rods coupled in parallel on thin-wall bearings - Inclined overhead valves with 4 overhead camshafts and thimble type tappets - Camshafts and water pump driven by silent chain with stretcher - Lubrication by geared pump and with dry sump, separate oil tank and oil radiator - Battery ignition with two distributors and automatic timing advance. Feeding by mechanical and electrical pumps, and by six Weber carburettors type 40 DCN 9 - Dry clutch, with cushion center - Cooling by pump, multitubular water radiator and automatic electric fans.
5-speed rear mounted gearbox operated by. a central floor lever - Independent front and rear suspension with transverse members - Worm and peg steering - Right or left-hand drive - Disc brakes on the four wheels with brake ooster, hand-brake on the rear wheels operatec y lever - Wheelbase 94.4 in - Front track 55. in - Rear track 55.8 in - Empty weight: 2425 lbs - Capacity of the light-alloy fuel tanks: 20.7 Impe-rial gallons - Fuel consumption 14 miles per Im perial gallon - Cast light-alloy wheels - Tyres size: 205 X 14.
| 8000 revs with 205 x 14 tyres. Axle ratio 9 / 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| mph / km/h | 55.5 / 89 | 80.5 / 129 | 108 / 173 | 136 / 219 | 166 / 268 |
