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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS
British Cars Do Well At Monte Carlo
British cars did remarkably well at the 19th Monte Carlo Rully in 2,000-mile race minimun average of 31 m.p.h., which had to be covered at a including all stops.
Remarkably Ane weather pre- vailed, apart from thick fog an the Rhone Valley and across northern Germany and 'Iuly. In spite of the absence of the tradi tional snow and Ice, most of the 205 starlets founds the average quite high enough for three nights and three days of practiently non-stop motoring, and the final and inlles from Lyons over the mountains to Digne and the coast beemne more like a motor brace than a touring competition.
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A 2-tire Bristol saloon, driven by the Czech · sportsmen Dobry and Treylal (who won the 1930 Polish Rally with the same car) was third, missing winning the Rally outright by just over seveni marks decided by the timings of the final regularity test.
The event was wan, once again, by those veterans Jenn Trevoux and Marcel Lesumque nu a 36-litro Hotchkiss starting from Lisbon. These two led for Arst place when the Nally was last held, in 1639, and Trevoux won in 1934, both times on a Hotchkiss.
European Cars Making New Bid In Brazil
Motorists in Rio de Janeiro, Joke that Brazilian streets are Leonard Potter, well-known again looking like they did trialsman. Dnished fourth with an before the First World War Allard, Kenneth Wharton, British when European automobiles trials champion, was Arth, on a were used almost exclusively very standard Ford V8 Pilot, A.A. and American cars were prac- c. Godsall (Allard) was eigth- all starting from Glasgow,
tically unknown.
BE SURE... GET A DODGE!"
One of the best and most plucky performances was put up by A.G.
Hutchison Imhof and K.
in an Allard from Florence, who got through after a hideous 150 miles of fog on ley roads, and were placed 11th.
Perhaps the most meritorious drive was that by Mrs. Wisdom,
with Miss Marshall and Miss Baig a' new 918 c.c. Morris, who came right through, starting from Monte-Carlo, with a clean sheet and lost marks by being too early at the finish.
Louis Rosier, racing driver, drove an even smaller car, one of the rear-engined 750 cc. Renaults (with twin carburetters) and inished up in (13th place, a re- markable effort.
British cars swept the 1,500 c.c. class clean, headed by Gatsonides
his well-tuned
And there is a good deal of the I- truth in the Joke, with
teasing appearance toxing Bri- ish, French, Swedish, Rallon and even Czech cars.
Before the First World Was the Benz, Berliet, Renault and a few other European makes were After the war, the American automobiles came into predominant.
first place.
But during the Second World War imports practically ceased, although a small quota of Ameri
сли сая still rame through. Meantime the cars on hand were wearing out.
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The "Bristol" 2-iltre car, the Bristol airplane company's first venture in the flold of dar manufacture, is achieving great popularity. Models have been delivered to practically every country in the world and particularly the continent. Bernhard of The Netherlands drives his own "Bristol" 2-1 ltrs which he bought after a brief trial in a standard model while on a visit to the Bristol factory. The car's finest success to date, however, was scored recently when Dabny, famous Cze shoslovakian racing motorist, won the XIV Polish International Rally, driving a standard "Bristol" 2-litro. The Rally is among the most ardous staged in any country and le rated second only to the Mante Carlo fixture.
UN Convention Wants
Standardisation · Of World's Traffic Rules
A foreign motorist in London, Athons or Belgrado will have no trouble in understanding the local traffic cop and roads signs if a now United Na- tions convention standardising world traffic regulations goes into effect.
The convention will be presented to a UN world con-
ference on transport to be held in Geneva next August. It was recently approved, after a year's preparatory work, by a road transport commit- tee of the UN Economic Commission for Europe.
At the end of the recent war. there was a big demand in Brazil There was
The committee also drew up The committee sought to stand- for new automobiles.
American a shortage of
car's
two conventions simplifyingardise measurements for cars-and even for the United States mar customs formalities for tourists trucks so they could pass
Over ket. And when more Ameri- and drivers of
anywhere, i can nutomobiles became a vehicles. If these are adopted, measurements, however, and left
commercial any road or bridge
They were unable with
to agree on Minx and followed by R. Smith, Brazil found itself to truckers will be able to cross this to the world conference to and T. C.Wise, with Jowett Jave-dollar exchange and had to con-
trol imports frum the dollar the entire continent without decide. БССОЛО Ке lina Mrs. Wisdom was
undergoing the tiresome Cx* for the Ladies' Cup,
aminations and This was Europe's golden op- which now plague them. W.M. Coper's beautiful frey
puper Bentley Mk VI won the special portunity. The UM World was Grand Prix d'Honneour in the dire need of foreign currency The new convention would do Concours de Confort, and did well and European cars offered
away with non-essential papers to finish 25th in the Rally.
now curricxt by motorists. It
means.
Austin of England came first, closely followed by the French Citroen. The makes were old- fashioned, to be sure, but who cored, as long as they were new. The prices at first were high. At one time a small four-cylin-
Annexes to the convention are work designed to provide a flexibility
allowing every
country to sign. In the United States, for ex- ample, frufe regulations are up to the Individual States. The an- exes provide for this situation. bolishes the international in art- The proposed conventions on lion to the licence of the customs would provide trucks motorist's own country. The con- with simplified papers similar to vention substitutes 1857 inter-those now used by ordinary tour- national permit which would be Ists. The convention propose ex- similar in all countries and valid emption from customs examina- everywhere.
tion and payment
of duties for
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Or 230 entries, 205 started-47 from Glasgow (three retired), 70 from Monte Carlo (17 retired), 40 from Stockholm (12 retired, 28 from Lisbon (two retired), two from Prague (both retired), four from Oslo (one retired) and four from Florence (two retired). One hundred and sixty-six shed these smaller cars were cheaper ardises traffic rules and road sign. Bealed vehicles or packages. They' The motoring convention stand- goods transported by rond in officially.
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Production Up
to operato, They used leas
ask that petrol, an important factor beals for every country. A traffic
and measurements be cause Brazil must import all its officer in Stockholm
tho would use metric system, and that customs petroleum products.
the same stop signal as a police-omees of two adjacent countries man in Paris.
The signal for approach to 2gible, in the saree building.
be in the same place, and if pos- school would not only be the
The new conventions are de- After Ume production began same in every country, but em- to catch up with demand. Euro- bodies a design arrived at aller in 1920 and 1931 which are now signed to replace two drawn up |pean companies began to deliver months of study and texts. Traf-
cars on short order, whereas it ne expefts found that a picture considered out of date. United
Press, necessary to wait months of children arouses more caution for an American car and many than a symbol of a schoolhouse times impossible to get it at all, or use of the mere word "School." due to import controls.
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The proposed universal sign Also the Britlih brought in shows a girl and a boy carrying new styles. The Standard. Atts-books under their arms. tu and Hillman began sending
streamline models.
As a result of all this, a big percentage of cars in the streets of any Brazilian city today in European. The British Austin, Standard and Dagenham Ford, the French Citroen and Renaul!, and the Italian Fiat are the com- monest.
But other makes are to be found: up to a good number of
of Swedisit Volvo and even from behind the Iron Curtain the
The convention makes – the,j English word “Stop” universal, substituting it for the equivál. ont -word In other languages. It
has drawn a large fat cow for .at aaign warning "beware animala." The picture of a man walking means "watch out for pedestriant.” Altogether, the committee has, adopted than 30 road signs.
Member Countries
moro
Its members included delegates
Czech Skoda. Both Opels and from the United States, Britain, BMWs are expected from Ger- France, Sweden, Italy, Norway, mony shortly,
What do Brazilan motorists Austria, Belgium, Turkey, Den- think of these cors? Talk to mark, Czechoslovakia,
them and you'll learn vast majority prefer
cars.
Luxem and observers that a bourg, Bizonia,
from Poland and Yogoslavia. They American wanted to make right hand driv- That is even more evident in Ing compulsory in very country, rural zones. Most of Brazil's but lost out in the face of British highways are simple dirt roads. and Swedish opposition. Britain where n high-powered car is and her colonies, Sweden, Elre needed, with ample road clear- India and the Argentine are the ance Important too, is a stan- only large areas" in the "; worki dard gunge width in order to where left hand-driving la still drive in the nuts of your,, pro- in force, A British delegato told decessor.
the committee that it would cost On the other hand, roads are £180,000,000 · to -- -make the Improving, and in cities Euro- changeover in England, that wher pean models are becoming more the question. was last brought, up popular. Prices nry now well in 1944 it caused widespread op-
under those of American „Cars.
Dealers doubt that the Euro-position: pean car will. over
The new convention sets no dominate Brazil but they believe it has speed limit but provides that some to stay and will get an in motorists shall drive in a requ creasing amount of busĒZIOSA, AUS sonable and prudent mantes."
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