THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPȚI. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1932.
THE OUTLOOK FOR COMPRESSION-
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THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
33, Wong Nai Chund Road,
Telephone 30228,
By
A. W. Hubble, M. 1. Mech. E.
General Manager, Crossley Motors Ltd.
The Author of this Article, Who is a Ploneer in the Develop- ment of the Ol Engine, is Convinced that It is the Power Unit of the Futuro.
I have followed with a great deal well-known transport manager, who of Interest the various pronounce informed mo that his drivers have ments which have been published in reported that they prefer driving The Commerical Motor and other Crossley all-engined buses because jounals on the subject of the oil they feel much better in health and engine. I feel that it is essential, are more ready for their meals, this nt this slage, that prospective users being definitely due to the differ- of oil engines should have a correct ence in the character of the ex- perspective. because it is important haust, a certain amount of which is that this form of power unit should, bound to reach the driver in any In face of the criticisms which ope of machino. casionally creep into the Press, Initial cost of the oll engine la cer- have the benefit of the exceptionally pleasing results which have been And aro
being, obtained under on actual service conditions and precisely the same routes as corres. ponding petrol-engined machines,
Fuel Economy Facts.
tainly higher. It will decrease with its wider adoption, and, in ny case, the marked economy quickly reimburses the purchaser. insurance rates for vehicles with l engines will eventually be re- Juced because of the much Icas Janger from fire.
The Buggention that maintenance will be higher has no justification.
aro not
The economy of the oll engine is. I think. now unquestioned. From actual resulta obtained under the ronditions I have, mentioned, it is is admitted that pressures are clear that approximately 2d. per nigher, but a properly designed ngine takes care of this. In prac- mile is saved on fuel and oil conta
This is beyond argument and tie it, has bean proved that main- Can Castly substantiated for Lenince enata are lower than with those interested. The figures re-a petrol engine. Theno late to a fleet of Crossley oil-en-theoretical, but actual, results, and Kined 60-mater double deckers con- have them on the highest au- forming in every way to M.O.T.thority after a Hufficiently long regulations, with about 88 atops in period to allow for such data to be 8 miles of congested route.
The question of the smell thrown off has been mentioned. Since tik bogey was first raised in the early days of the oil engine as used for passenger transport.
obtained. It must be remembered alao that the absence of magneto, plugs and carburetter eliminates fruitful sources of maintenance costs. This conclusion is based on have operators' records, which I have carried out a number of caroful been privileged to examine myself. fests and the resulta have proved that there is definitely no more
The Engine of the Future.
smell from the exhaust of this type ' In conclusion, I would say that 1 of engine than from a petrol en-am just as interested in the pro- gine. In fact, with many petrol duction and sale of petrol-engined engines in poor condition the smell vehicles of oil-engined vehicles,
much greater.
so that I trust I will be acquitted of having any blas in favour of all engines us a commercial proposi- tion, but I am reluctant to allow
There is, of course, a difference In the character of the smell, and many people find, the smell much less objectionable than that from criticient which has no foundation petrol engine. Certainly the ex-in actual experience to go un haust from the oll engine is much challenged.
lers harmful to human beings.
I need not enter into a chentical
analyals, because this is not dis.
I am an unrepentant enthustaat
far as engines are concerned. 1 elieve they are undoubtedly the
ated. What is more to the poingine of the future. My own ex- is the valuntary testimony of perience, and the experience of
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nany careful and discriminating sperators of whom £ s. d. are more mportant than academic discus- lon is that the oil engine is here to tay, that it is officient, reliable and xceedingly economical and clearly nat any experimental stage.
Every new development meets vith. Inspired opposition, but the
dvance of the oll
cannot be .topped, and I think that those
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OVERSEAS TRADE.
British Transport for Denmark.
Yet another commercial under-
perators who are saving something criterion of an owner'a vatiefac- taking of international repute has ike 2d. per mile have the best of tion, there can be no doubt of the become a user of Commer vehicles, he argument. They can afford to satisfactory service given by for the Carlsberg Breweries of tand the racket so long as it is con- Thornycroft motor vehicles, in Copenhagen have ordered a "G2" ined to opposition mainly based on view of the inany repeat orders (10-50 wt.) model through the heoretical arguments.
which have recently been placed by Danish distributors, Mesars. Bri present owners of these.
would
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We learn from the Hillman
Their names
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Icognised as being amongst the most experienced operatora of both freight and passenger vehicles.
tish Motors A.S.
Carlberg la tho oldest and big-
Rest lager beer brewery in Den-
gon
mark, with an output of 8.800 barrola, or two million bottlen. per day, and visitors to Copenha- are acquainted with the Motor Car Co., Ltd., of Coventry, One was a thirty-ninth repeat "Carlsberg obelisk" with its pene- hat an order for two Hillman order, others being twentiethtrating red Illumination which is Wizard" cars has been received (2), eighteenth, twelfth, ninth visible far out at sea.
the East London (South Africa) Police Force,
*rom
(3), eighth, soventh, sixth, Afth This constitutes an addition, (3), fourth (8),
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ofcours Wizards" which the trade is generally slack, were
to the already large These ordora, received when sides forming an excellant tribute an to the efficiency of the various type
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DAY
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be- of Thornycroft motor vehicles.
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