oot Express '1300
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'ESTERS were kept busy ear starting on January 1 le Talbot Express 1 300 van our new light ,van test The Express is a twin to it Ducat° built at the jointly Fiat Peugeot SEVEL facItaly.
ghing in at 2.8-ton.ne gvw, in had a payload of 1.3 ; and was powered by the ot XNIT two-litre fourpetrol engine, mounted ersely. Overall fu el conion was 13.29 lit /100km -npg) with two-star petrol average speed was m/h (42.64mph).
3EVEL models are frontdrive and our 1300 model Nipped with a five-speed ive gearbox as standard, ; gave a comfortable h cruising speed for Nay work.
ke Continental models, ;Iumn change, right-handeersions have a better alire in the shape of a floored gear change. Not all ;:ations necessary IFor rhd 3 are quite so gocid. The rmeter drive cable , taken -le gearbox, follows a toroute and a sharp bend in :allation caused it to fail the test.
Express was found to any points to appeal to a Access to the deeply 1 seat is easy, the clutch is le steering is only a little than that of the average car, and a high sooting n makes for very good allrisibility.
footwell area is a little ,d and the brake pedal too but front-wheel /drive a low flat load platform 3enerous internal height. lk it matches the beet of 'petition in many are Os.