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B RITISH vehicles failed to take a single major award in
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the 6th International Coach Rally at Montreux, Switzerland, last week. First pike -was taken by a 1948 Scania Vabis
• cha.ssis fitted with an uninspiring Verheul body; a Swedish Volvo and a German Bussing tied for second place. . Two Windover-bodied A.E.C. Regals entered by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., and Redline Continental Motorways, Ltd., took 4th and last place, respectively, in the general classification, which comprised the journey and technical and regularity tests. Another A.E.C. Regal, operated by A.B. Linjebuss, Sweden, took 6th place.
The Linjebuss coach, which had a Hagglunds body, shared first place in the concours d'elegance with a German Emmelmann body on a Bussing chassis. Although placed only 5th, the Windovcr coach entered by S.U.T. was singled out for its attention to comfort, whilst the new Windover design on the Redline coach was in 10th place.
71-seat German Coach
A special prize was deservedly awarded to a 71-seat articulated BussingKassbohrer coach operated by BayernExpress, Munchen, Germany, This 63-ft.-long vehicle was divided near to the centre by a " concertina " compartment in which there was fixed a compact miniature kitchen including an electric cooker and wash basin. All the seats were adjustable to two positions, and there were four entrances and exits.
The chief drawback to the success of the British entries was the method of calculating distance covered. In previous years, Swiss operators complained that so long as points were awarded on the basis of actual mileage their chance of competing on equal ground with participants from other countries was remote. The method, therefore, was altered this year, and the vehicle with the highest reference between actual mileage and the distance as the crow flies gained the maximum nutriber of points.
S.U.T. Covered 1,000 Miles
On this basis, although the S.U.T. coach covered nearly 1,000 miles by travelling from Boulogne via Brussels, Luxembourg, Nancy and Basle, it was awarded only 276 points out of a possible 1,000.
S.U.T. suffered a severe setback, too, in the technical tests, which consisted of manceuvrability, acceleration and braking trials on a short stretch of road alongside Lac Leman. After running third in the first trial, the coach was disqualified at the second attempt for fouling a wall. But for this unfortunate accident, it would certainly have bettered the winning time of 1 min. 56 sec., returned by the PullmanExpress Scania Vabis vehicle.
The A.E.C. entered by Redline took second place in these tests with 2 min. 1 sec., and there was praise from many of the spectators for the driver's superb handling of the vehicle.
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