Shell Oil 1973 Test Car 376 MPG!

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Shell Oil Company: Achieves 376.59 MPG with a Modified 1959 Opel in 1973



Shell Oil Company wrote "Fuel Economy of the Gasoline Engine" (ISBN
0-470-99132-1); it was published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, in
1977. On page 42 Shell Oil quotes the President of General Motors who
in 1929 predicted 80 MPG by 1939. Between pages 221 (see http://www.byronwine.com/files/Shell P221.pdf) and 223 (see http://www.byronwine.com/files/Shell P222.pdf)
Shell writes of their achievements: 49.73 MPG around 1939; 149.95 MPG
with a 1947 Studebaker in 1949; 244.35 MPG with a 1959 Fiat 600 in
1968; 376.59 MPG with a modified 1959 Opel in 1973 (photos of these
three cars are shown on page 223).

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