Car expected to be about same size, but definitely lower than today's vehicles; weight will be increased slight amount; numerous power accessories will be used; performance will be greatly improved by larger engines operating at higher peak speeds, with compression ratios up to 12 or more, and requiring 100 plus octane fuel; there will be more automatic transmissions of improved design; gas turbines and free piston engines are at least 5 yr away for automobiles.


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    Title :

    Automobiles of future


    Additional title:

    Soc Automotive Engrs -- Paper


    Contributors:
    Ryan, C.S. (author)

    Conference:

    Society of Automotive Engineers -- Meeting ; 1956



    Publication date :

    1956


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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