A census from Germany
Sir. After reading the census on vehicles on British roads in your June edition, I decided to attempt to produce some figures for German roads for comparison. This census is…
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Sir, Boddy says that the Morris Minor i000 will have to be renamed following the fitting of a larger engine. Not so. For some time, B.M.C. have chosen to misname this vehicle—Nine-Fifty would have been more accurate. Whereas in the past, people like myself have felt that somewhere they have been cheated out of 52 c.c., perhaps they may now have an 86-c.c. bonus. Furthermore if the car is to continue looking exactly the same as the older model, I want the people that I overtake to think that the extra little hit of performance comes from some fiendish modification of my own.
Southport. PETER BROOKS. • 4s *