As gas prices creep towards $4 a gallon, more value than ever before is placed on MPG (miles per gallon) ratings whenever buying a vehicle. Do you ever suspect that the MPG rating advertised falls miserably short of reality?
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A Trenton man took the matter to court – in 1951!
According to a news article published Jan. 25, 1951, by the Gallatin North Missourian, a Mr. R.H. Gregory sued the Packard Motor Company and V.H. Covey, owner of Main Street Motors in nearby Trenton. In his petition, Mr. Gregory alleged that the defendants offered to sell him a 1950 four-door Packard sedan and "warranted and guaranteed" that the automobile would operate 18 miles on one gallon of gasoline.
Gregory said that, on those grounds, he purchased the automobile for $2,630 and that the automobile was not a first class machine of superior quality and would operate only a distance of between 10 and 12 miles on each gallon of gasoline.
The newspaper edition stated that no court date had been set for the case, which was filed in Daviess County on a change of venue from Grundy County. Unfortunately, additional research has not yet revealed how the court ruled in this case – perhaps still held in high interest among today’s motorists.