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PONTIAC FEATURES.
POINTS IN 1928 MODELS.
A CAR A YEAR.
THE QUESTION OF ECONOMY.
CAR PRICES.
THE CHINA MAIL,
WORLD'S RECORD.
INCREASE IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
BROKEN BY KNIGHT CAR.
Cara
(By John Prioleau.)
Like the comets which periodi- With motor car buyers showing The 43-horse-power engine of the
marked trend toward New Series Pontiac Six provides
There is one aspect of the enor eally are promised as spectacles, a
even using the Knight double-sleeve considerably more horsepower than one mcrease in the number of but which somehow fall to the engine of the preceding series Cars which we are told we are go-tuate, the £100 car has not mate-engine builders of this type of breaking speed and stamina per- without changing either the boreng to see this year which is be- rialised before the expectant ken power plant cite the recent record of the cylinder or the length of inning to occupy the thoughts of of the thousands who were supformance of the Voisin, a French
posed to be waiting for it. Nor. the piston' stroke:
Higher compression-1.9 to 1- We are told by enthusiastic Min-I faney, are we likely to see it for car employing the Knight type of
a very large number of owners.
a new type of combustion chamberaters of the Crown that we are and new carburetter with new mani- getting richer every day. The cir folding, are mainly responsible for the added power, which of course cumstances may not be quite go
formance.
some considerable time to come,
engine.
In the 12-hour grind the
In addition to breaking numer- writes "Focus" in the "Light Carous short distance records on the Indeed, 4 big French tracks, the Voisin recent. and Cyclecar." gives better acceleration and per-obvious to the individual as to the agent told me last week that early smashed the world's records for finister, but optimista may per- prices might tend to move upwards 12 and 24 hours. In the 24-hour grind on the Montlhery track the Only firms with the very largest Voisin, with a straight eight The higher compression ratio is naps have the right to regard this in the future.
averaged made possible by the addition of as a condition about to exist. In
chat Case one will understand financial and manufacturing sleeve-valve engine, the new G-M-ft cylinder head,,one of the outstanding features of the where all these cars will find buy-sources can produce cars at keen 113 miles an hour for 24 hours, prices at present, and any slacken-covering a total distance of 2,724| Oakland Cosmopolitan Six, which ers. pioneered this type of head. While As things are at present, and if ing in demand might easily force miles.
in Voisin set a record of 1,353 miles raising compression by decreasing we believe some of the statements them to consider increases. "Satur- the clearance above the piston reported to have been made by ation point" may be resched head and foreing the mixture to manufacturers at the last Olympin this country by "saturation" of for an average speed of 112 mi'es be compressed into a smaller space show, it is by no means plain. If the roads rather than "saturation" an hour. In addition to these just before ignition, the G-M-Rhe output of cars is to be, let us of the population-a fact that some two notable records the Voisin when it continued the run, for head simultaneously serves another say, in very round figures 70,000, of our statisticians are inclined to broke six other world's records important function. By increasing and each of these 70,000 is going
Values were never so good as to-2714 hours. It set new marks the area of the combustion chamo be sold, we must either accept
miles ber above the piston, it permits of the fact that there are going to be day, and although I do not say for 1,000 miles, 2,000 kilometres, more efficient cooling of the mix-10,000 new drivers or that lost that further price-cutting will not 8,000 kilometres, 2,000
occur, anyone would be unwise to 4,000 kilometres and 3,000 miles. for 100-kilometres, 100 miles, 500 It would be something of a change kilometres, 500 miles and 1,000 to find the second-hand value of
kilometres. one's car appreciating as a result
forget.
ture, which the Oakland and Gen-year's drivers are all to buy new defer purchasing on the chance. The car also holda world's records
eral Motors Research engineers ara. have discovered to be the secret of
What happens to last year's eliminating spark knock.
The "reverse curvature" of the cars? I suppose there is a perfect. head still further improves mixture reasonable answer, partly con- cooling by splitting the unburned eeted with exportation overseas gas with a blunt wedge as it is but you must admit, if you believe are told, that pushed forward by the advancing everything you
The two motoring next July, August and force of the explosion. currents of mixture thus follow the September la likely to be more com- relatively cool outer rim of the fortable anywhere in the world but head instead of rebounding into within two hundred miles of Lon. the hot centre of the cylinder head dos: one might almost even to cause a "pink" or spark knock that it will only be possible else at the completion of the explosion.where. The cylinder head also is wider-
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than conventional heads, this For myself, I am by no means so change eliminating "thump" or pessimistic, although I have no roughness.
of an all-round rise in pricep!
This remarkable speed per- [formance of a double-sleeve en- Not a Fair Analogy.
gined car is cited as an outstand- One has heard it said during the ing tribute to the power, speed pust two or three weeks that be- and stamina qualities of this type cause there has been a recent all-of power plant, which is employ- motorcycle ed also in the Willys-Knight, the round increase in
Six and the prices, car prices are almost cer- Falcon-Knight lain to follow suit. It should be Stearns-Knight Six and Eight borne in mind, however, that the cylinder cars.
The builders of these three motorcycle industry has practical-
ly no foreign competition to meet lines of Knight engined cars de- in its home market, and therefore (clare that the unusual demand for can trim its sails to suit its own cars powered by the Knight has been circumstances and maintain qual-sleeve-valve engine
brought about by such outstand-
reason really for my hopefulness.ity at the requisite level. The entirely new gasoline feed it may be that not quite so many develops muximum power with a cars are going to be built, or that high degree of economy. Supplant- far greater proportion than we ing the conventional vacuum tank know are going overseas, or that is a gasoline pump with filter at-not nearly so many people are goturers were selling either at a loss gined cars now in use throughout
tachment, driven directly from the ing to buy them. The aspect of
com- or at insignificant profits, camshaft thus drawing from the the matter which, as I said, is bepetition having become RO gas tank exactly the proper amount giming to interest buyers parti-that every maker was "down of fuel required at any engine cularly is this:-
speed.
Which is the more economical for the man of moderate means- to buy a cheap new car every year or is buy a more expensive one and make it last as long as possible?
Added to this pump is an entire- ly new vertical carburetter built es. pecially for the Pontiac Six. It carries two distinctive features, the Venturi Choke and the Internal; Economizer. The former develops
Lately I have heard most velocity at the carburetter nozzle, giving easy starting and reducing vincing arguments for both sides
heween ehoke
con-
keen
ta
It is rather amazing, Incidental-ing performances of this type y, that before the recent price in power plant as exemplified by the ereases it was common knowledge Voisin demonstration. With hun- that several motorcycle manufac-dreds of thousands of Knight en- the world these cars have won a conspicuous position in the auto- mobile field as being possessed of
that power plants
may be depended upon to give the highest degree of efficiency year after year without experiencing the ills that usually beset engines of a different de- sign. It is further pointed out that the upkeep and maintenance of the Knight aleeve-valve en-
rock bottom."
JAY WALKERS.
POLICE AND CARELESS PEDESTRIANS.
The annual police report on gine is remarkably low, this crank case dilution. A new inter- this question put forward by street accidents in Manchester economy factor being important! connection
and people of such experience, and, in states that more than 55 per cent. in the decided trend of motor car subject, of the 72 fatal accidents in the buyers toward vehicles employing throttle levers automatically raises deed, knowledge of the
think the streets of that city during the last this type of engine. the speed of the motor when the that I am beginning to engine is first started to an idling answer is very difficult to find.
year were due to carelessness by speed corresponding to a road
I did hear about three months pedestrians. Non-futal accidents strange and showed an increase of 500, involv speed of about 15 miles per hour ago of
which wasing injuries to 700 more persons This connection assures that the exciting innovation
astonish-than in 1926. The analysis of the engine, even though cold, will con- to be loosed upon
The tinue
Internal ed running.
England
a by progres- fatal accidents attributed 24 to
firm Economizer is a sleeve valve inside sive American
very [L
an
of manu- pedestrians stepping off the foot- Ivehicles; eight to pedestrians
you
ON THE ROAD.
SINGER "SENIOR”. SALOON.
The overhead-
the carburetter operated by the facturers. You were to buy one of path in front of approaching
The new Singer "Senior" saloon throttle valve. It gives a lean mix their cars for a nominal sum. ture at average driving speeds and nesitate to mention it because the walking from behind one vehicle with fabric type of coachwork. an increasingly rich mixture as whole thing seems incredible, but in front of another; and eight to show a great improvement on last the foot throttle is depressed.
as I never heard it contradicted 1 other forms of carelessness by season's models. Besides the new pump and car will give it for what it is worth. pedestrians. In, seven cases the valved engine has a bore of 60mm. fatality was due to reckless or in place of 63mm.; the crank shaft! buretter, both intake and exhaust All you had to pay down before you frous driving, and in seven has now three bearings, which has manifolding have been completely took away your new car was £32.
others to carelessness by vehicle permitted the valves to be brought redesigned. The three-port intake Before you drove it away
drivers. Motor-omnibuses and in line, instead of being staggered pasanges are one-eighth inch largigned an agreement to pay (re. er. The exhaust manifold followal the design of the Oakland Cosmo-member I am only quoting, and tram-cars were responsible for as formerly; and the track has Semi-elliptic springs, politan Six manifold which carries and it just as hard to believe as nine of the city street deaths, a been widened 4in, bringing it to
sum of 30s, a month, motor-cycle combination for one, 4ft. the heat from all six cylinders vau) the around the intake riser for cold which sum was intended to cover solo motor-cycles with pillion pas- Hardy-Spicer mechanical universal weather driving. The amount of ervice expenses. At the end of sengers for three, sólo motor-joints for the propeller shaft, and cycles for four, private motor-a better distribution of weight Bome cars, rries, etc., for 48, horse-have produced excellent road-hold- velve months, I think, or puite short period, you return the drawn vehicles for four, and pedal ing qualities in this saloon.
The Marles system of steering car to the dealer, pay him another cyclists for seven. There were no
a new car fatal accidents at cross roads and the Dewandre vacuum-acting 232, and take away again, renewing your undertaking where a constable was directing four-wheeled braking o pay 30s. a month for service.
No; on reading over this
this heat carried to the intake rise
is controlled by an adjustable
valve..
The local agents are Messrs. A. Lung & Co.
MOTOR SMASHES.
WHAT THEY COST HOSPITALS.
very arefully checked report 1 am fraid that, like you, I simply can-
traffic.
POLICE SPEED CAR.
4in.
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928.
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Chassis Tourer - Roadster
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not believe it. I will let it stand, A new motor-car, for use by the awever, as un extreme and fun- Flying Squad and capable of a atic example of what one-year speed of 82 miles an hour has ap- nctoring may perhaps one day be.peared at Scotland Yard.
Hire Money.
It will be fitted with the latest speeds are provided in the gear Bizes, for some of the latter are that the box, which has a right-hand change included in the British standard To return to our infinitely more wireless apparatus 30
and congratulated on the silence of the these can be of either British or xtravagant and costly ways, there movements of a bunted suspect ean lever. The Singer factory is to be specifications, and replacements of is really a good deal to be said for be flashed to Scotland Yard
excellent American manufacture.
Another discrepancy in sizes has From figures which have reach-soeping a car for only a short telephoned from there to all dis- second-speed gear, feature for a saloon. tricts.
On a trial run in this car it was been brought about by the adoption
Mr. H. W. Burleigh, who is well known in the British hospital world, writing from 6, Duke-street, Adelphi, W. C, Bays:-
Many instances have occurred re-
an
2
copt-
INSURANCE PREMIUMS. have also
the standard rule only from the London repre- given greater control to the driver. accordance
Dealing with the forthcoming, The brakes decelerate this car to a schedule of sizes adopted by the sentatives of the car makers, and atop, when speeding at over 50 miles British Society of Motor Manufac- that they were out of stock when an hour, in about 60 yards without turers and Traders, with the result he was urgently in need of a new possibility of increased insuranco ears are com- spare just as a holiday tour was premiums for the smaller types of
car, "The Motor" has this sign of skidding on level road, that users of these
An Interesting System of Car
ment:- Rental.
"We have discussed this matter and lady drivers will find the steer-pelled to buy replacement tyres of about to commence.
of Threa forward apply to all American cars or tyre from fatigue. ing light enough to give freedom American makes. That does not
The system of renting out auto on many occasions with some mobiles to individuals, in order that the loading authorities on motor
ness requires, is increasing with bad risks" is amongst the lower- from place to place as their bust the overwhelming proportion of they can drive the car themselves insurance, and all have stated that
The stage rapid strides in the United States horse-power car users.
was reached some time ago when The originator, and Canada. ed me from 188 hospitals represent-period and exchanging it for
Mr. Hertz, the companies could not afford to ing 14,169 beds (rather less than newer type. at regular intervals, one-third
of the total available Supposing you to have paid £250 cently in which the police could found that on the top gear it could of a standard of rim dimensions of beds), it appears that the cost of for it when new, and supposing you have made arrests had they been accelerate from three miles an hour their own by a well-known Contin- began operations in a small way continue to accept these cars at the of the country, irrespective of any to have really taken care of it and able to gain a few minutes in the up to fifty-eight miles per hour ental firm of tyre makers. In this with a few rather dilapidated Ford premiutha quoted, and we have the Hertz "Drivurself". "That fact the matter is that the motoring accidents to the hospitals driven it with due respect for its race after suspected motorists. It without the slightest trace of a case, replacement covers and tubes cars about ten years ago and so been warned that an increase was
There was a good deal of wind on buyer has no chofce if his car is that of the country, irrespective of any possibly not very hardy internals, has been suggested that the motor vibratory period from the engine. must be of that one make only; the successful has been his operations inevitable.** fees to medical men, must be in it is certainly likely that your local cars used by the Flying Squad the occasion of this trial run, and fitted with that maker's rims. stations are to be found in every good riske,' which are in the ranks the higher-power categories have, the region of £500,000 a year. dealer will allow you a fair amount should be fitted with a special horn
alip might have been encouraged, to be tied down in that way, and border line.
Since its inauguration many by reason of their immunity from The financial burden placed upon for it In part exchange for a new or hooter so that traffic would give the roads were wet, so that wheel Obviously, it is very unsatisfactory large city on the North American of the owners or drivers of cars in
way for a police car as it does for but there was no sign of wheel not without reason it has been sug- hospitals is unbearable, and, to re- one.
Insurance
wobble. From the forty-fourth geated that buyers of new cars, companies have been formed for aceident, been bearing unfair bur fire engine or ambulance. lieve the position one
Continue this for a number of
milestone near. Huntercombe to the before placing an order, should ask this purpose, the usual proceedings dens.; This is frankly admitted by company has established a poilcy years, and, until you actually got
Chiswick High-rood via Maiden-whether the tyre sizes are in accord of hire being, that the person wish insurance expects, who say that' which, for the moderate premium rid of your cars, you can practi- of 5 shillings guarantees, to the cally regard the money you must hospital a payment for an injured pay down every year for a new car greater than that in the case of the head, Windsor, and Staines is forty with the British standards; if not, ing to use a car for a short period actually there have been heavy cheap car. I know myself which I miles, and this distance was cover- they should ask to see at least two of time and not having a car of his losses on small cars to the insurance ed without dimculty-and without or three price lists of different own goes to a "Drivurself station" companies, and the premiums on the -motorist of 10a. Od. per day up to as hire money.
25 or 80 Guilders (unless well deficiency on small cars. 30 days, together with a payment The man who buys the much would prefer, and which I really any risky or dangerous driving In tyre makers in which the size fitted pays down a small depoalt of about larger care were paying for the. "That being the case the step same believe mest people would prefer, one hour and ten minutes. Temple in specified.
Even if the latter request can be known to the station manager when of £3 38. for medical fees, increns-better-class car on the ed to 45-58. should the patients be scale, call it a £500 car-and keeps but the conviction that one-year Golf Club Hill, with its two benda detained beyond seven days. In it for five years will have probably, motoring is really better business, and turns, was taken on top gear complied with, there is another no deposit is required) agrees to that has now been taken to adjust. the case of patients dealt with just as care-free motoring, at any than five or ten-year motoring at a steady thirty miles an hour. point to be considered-namely, pay a fixed rate per hour-assessed matters should be only a preliminary In the casualty department, and not rate for the first three years, as geems to be so strong that quite a when it is considered that this whether the size in question is one by the class of car driven,-jumpato a consideration of means for adjustment of premiums or no claim. agents and garage pro-business. admitted, the payment is 10s. 6d. the £250 for the first year man, but large number of people must have comfortable and well-ventilated that is regularly kept in stock by in and drives away about his relieving the good risks, by a re- to the hospital and 108, 61. to the after that time there will be little given themselves to serious cal- four-seater saloon costs only £250 motor.
officer
billa for repairs here, and there, culations and proved their case. complete, one realises what good prietors all over the country. That in large cities this system offers bonuses to a scale that will to some one case that has come to my ness men for they have no garage, for a form of penalization, which motorist, the man in the gradually increasing as time goes And so we come back to the old value motorists are given to-day, is clearly an important matter. In many favourable features to bust extent recompense such car owners
the patron of the on, and when the moment.comes for question-if one-year motoring is Non-Standard Rim Sizes.
Attention may well be drawn to knowledge of late, the owner of an no cleaning, oiling or tyre service has not been deserved. Actuarial in- ibus and taxicab should the car to be sold in part exchange going to become general, how chall
dgure known ng we find room on the rouds for the the fact that certain rims fitted to American car found that replace to worry about and no car deprecia-genuity should not be taxed severely
not made in mont tyres could be. secured as a tion or tax charges to be considered, to find a means to so just an end."
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