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JAZZ-DESIGNED CARS.
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'Erskine model is shown, for in stance, decorated with grey and silver ja-like designs on a pale blue and mauro background, whic ancther artist has done wonderful things in greens and yellows with
Willys Knight body.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 1928.
THE "PRESIDENT
EIGHTS."
FEATURES OF RECENT 30,000-MILE TEST.
It
ownerя
was substantially increased.
But the shackles on for this succosa.
"KNOW YOUR CAR.”
8.O.C.O.NY. TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT IT.
Many Records. we how the shackles would per that The Studebaker President form under the strain and stress Eight is already, ita makers claim,
"Studebaker has broken so many of high sustained speed.
outselling every other sight cylin records for endurance and speed in The shackles came through the der car in the United States,
the past year that it is difficult to 30,000-zību ordeal without "the Introduced at American motor keep track of them all," said Mr aightest sign of failure. It was shows in January and February, White of the Hong Kong Hotel interesting to note that the eng The President Eight took the lead | Garage stil. It started about s
S.O.C.O:N.Y. here - sent 118 * neers had advised
and in registration of eights in July- | year-and a half ago when the dealers that the ball bearing spring just six months Ister. August re- Studebaker Commander travelled copy of their excellent handbook shackles needed to be inspected
It explaine was at the Atlantic City only at intervals of 90,000 miles showed that this lead 5,000 miles in 4,909 minutes. Then Know Your Car,"
came the famous 95,000-mile run by Speedway that the Studebaker when lubricant might be added it "There are four distinct ressons The Commander in which the aver the construction and mechanism" of Just as much attention has been president Eight recently establish- necessary,
The President age speed was over 65 miles as a car from A to Z illustrating the
by ed an endurance record by travel each of the four strictly stock 1 Eight has proved ita performance hour for the entire distance. But parte
clear diagrammatic paid to the interior upholstery as to the exterior..
Hing 30,000 miles in 20,320 consecu. President Eights which went 30,000 superiority. by travelling 30,000 the performance of the quartette of sketches. The book is just what- Some of the specially-built bodies tive minutes. The rua was under miles in less than that, number of miles in 66,398 consentive minutes, President Eights in doing 30.000 the beginner wants and the old where expense has been no object the supervision of the American minutes required no attention dura record unparalleled in history, miles at 64 to 68 miles per hour is band need not feel superior about
аго luxurious have seats which
Automobile Association whose ing the entire run. At the faith, Studebaker engineers bare given the greatest engineering achieve it. The firm's products are tact- Armchairs. Little details which
the day the ears started.
The total of 190,000 miles of high cigarettes, electric lighters, and
Among the features of equipment carefully-arranged "corners
on The President Eights which speed testing piled up by the four PARIS, Oct. 4th. flowers, also appear in many
came in for close observation dur cars "reproved" to the engineers Record crowds thronged the models.
In the American. section especial-ing the run were Studebaker's new what had previously been proved Al on Studebaker's 800-acre Proving Grand Palais, where the 22nd
been Ground, French Automobile Show opened.ly a tendency among all exhibitors ball bearing spring shackles.
Good Valua. In one corner of the huge hail, has been to make their models on though these shackles had
sporting lines In this tested in 177,000 miles of driving at
Although it made its appearance where the "Citroen and Renault more stands stood side by side, the crowd way some of the cars have been the Studebaker Proving Ground. Was so dense that it was almost lowered sufficiently to do away with and other parts of the United to the motoring world less than a the running board, and one steps States, engineers were anxious to year ago, registration figures show impossible to move.
immediately into the car from the ground level
DENSE CROWDS ROUND CHEAP MODELS.
America, England, Germany, Austria, Belgium. Italy, and Czechoslovakia were all representri The among the 1,200 exhibitora.
make for comfort, such as boxes for timers and judges kept a day and they were functioning as quietly as these ears outstanding beauty in ment in the history, of automobiles. fully mentioned at the right places
Greater Security.
for
An effect of additional speed is given, while at the same time
most striking fact which could be drawn from the bewildering mate greater security is assured by lower- of models, was that the engineering the centre of gravity. Four no longer able to introduce striking wheel brakes are practically univer ideas in the construction of the gai, a feature which appeals special- netual motor, had ceded his place ly to those who have to drive in to the artist and designer.
Paris. The big- Lincoln, with its eight-cylinder motor, bonats of a system which amounts to six brakes. Hustless steel has been added to a great number of models, and a mere dab with a cloth takes the place of time and energy once wast ed in securing a good polish.
Only one accustomed to visiting the great Paris fashion displays could do adequate justice to the different celours, fabrics, and styles which are to be sern, Even the scorching models, which tradition appeared to have designed for startling colour effects, have bern
The crowd was densest round the tamed and subdued in the present stands containing the cheaper sh. w, while the closed and semi-models-Citroens, Renault, And closed types of car are artistic Peageots. The latter firm is show
marvels.
ing a very attractive 5 h.p. cabriolet de luxe at £108. The majority of the cheap models are, moreover, sald frontplete with spare wheel, electric starter, lighting, born Klaxon zerren wiper, and tools. The Ford stand, on the other hand, was not
Grey And Silver. Sometimes the colours, are used singly, contrast being obtained by a difference in shade, sometimes the colours are in such variety that only the skill of the artist has avoided a garish appearanto. An so crowded.
7
Austin T
averages
66mph
for 24 hrs
Read this Record of
Proved Performances.
Austin 7, produced in 1922 is owned to-day
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Won
It has
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Prince's Building.
night check.
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body lines and colour. The Presi
Private Research" And Testing. dent offers matchless ease of riding
"Studebaker maintains its own comfort due to Studebaker's exclu- sive ball bearing spring shackles, private research and experimental
More easy chair comfort, two-finger steer laboratories Here a large body of ing and gear shifting and amplified skilled technicians make countless during their manufacture. four-wheel brakes. And the fourth tests every year. Studebaker keeps than 1,600 mechanical operations reason the greatest of them all 700 inspectors on the job and these are not allowed to vary more than an inch-415 is the value of the car. which is men make thousands of inspections "one one-thousandth
on Studebaker and Erskine ears operations are held to a tolerance next Columin), of one half-thousandth of na ipch". offered to the public at Fuck an extremely low price.".
Performance
its best!
Tourers: H.K. $2,850 to HK $5,675 Sedans: B.K. $3,300 to BK. $6,500
Brilliance and stamina of Willys-Knight Sixes win unprecedented popularity
Rapidly mounting sales of the Willys-Knight Sixes can be accounted for chiefly by the enthusiastic recommendation of more than 325,000 Willys-Knight owners. Record low prices have now brought these cars within the reach of thousands more who have long wished to enjoy the smooth, quiet, unfailing flow of power of the Knight double-sleeve engine.
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(All prices and specifications are subject to shangs without notice)
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& CO., LTD.
Distributors for Hong Kong and S. China:
GILMAN
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING, TEL. C. 290:
WILLY S
Tel. C. 27.
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