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HIGHWAY SPEED.

QUESTION INVOLVED WITH SAFETY.

STOP SIDESTEPPING.

Other Factors.

miles an hour. One stretch of

unsafe at 30,

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COMING HERE.

MANILA MANAGER OF GENERAL MOTORS,

BUSINESS PICKING UP.

remain

MODERN SPRINGS.

A TELLING VAUXHALL

TEST.

A GREAT CAR.

HEAD OF THE STUDEBAKER LINE.

FINE PERFORMANCE.

A new

every

New All Through,

THE CHINA MAIL,

res-

LIGHT CARS.

FINE FEATURES AT LOW COSTS.

OVERLAND WHIPPET,

the

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1928.

NEVER SUCH VALUE BEFORE IN HONGKONG

The Now Famous

"WHIPPET" "96"

ONCE MORE

RemHigher Prices

NEW PRICES NOW IN FORCE

Chassis Tourer Roadster Coupe Coach

- H.K.$1,325

H.K.$1,550

H.K.$1,720

H.K.$1,850

H.K.$1,850

Cabriolet Coupe H.K.$1,750 Sedan

H.K.$1,950

THE PERFECTED “WHIPPET” IS NOW ON DISPLAY

GILMAN & CO.,`LTD.. DURO MOTOR CO., LTD.

HONG KONG.

KOWLOON,

AFTER WE SELL, WE SERVE.

Studebaker President, The motorist whose income will The time has come to stop E. H. Trice, general manager sidestepping the problem of of the Manila zone for the with a straight eigh: motor deliver- not permit indulgence in high- speed on the highways, is the General Motors Company, plans ing 100 horsepower for specas up priced cars is leaning forward opinion of Paul G. Hoffman, vice-visiting South China shortly, ac. to 80 miles un hour, now heads the eagerly and displaying a pleased expression these days, as he president of the Studebaker Cor-cording to a statement by him. Studebaker line or custom ca...

In the power and superlative per- watches new cars appearing on The South China district comes poration of America.

"Railroads have proved that it under the Manila zone. Mr. Trice formance of its motor, the beauty the market offering fine car fea- is possible to attain both high will look over the motor car situa-of its body lines, and the luxury tures in light cars, at prices with- of its appoint. in his rench. Those who could speed and safety. When we look tion there, renew old acquaint-and completeness back over the years we view with ances and boost the General ments, The President is one of the not previously afford a fine car outstanding cars of the new auto- and who would not hother with amusement the excitement that Motors' business.

the type of car offered at a very greeted the iron monsters of According to Mr. Trize, China motive year.

Announcement of the new Prest low price, are now eagerly in the 1848 as they thundered over the is buying more American cars

market for one of the light cars rails at the fearful speed of 25 every year. Her roads are being dent climaxes a year of perform of fine quality now for the first tniles an hour. Grave doubts extended and improved, thereby anec achievements during which time offered at a low price. In were even raised that human facilitating travel at the same Studebaker has won every official fact, people who never before beings could travel at speeds of time increasing the automobile and endurance record for fully thought of buying a motor car at more than 40 or 50 miles, an business; prospects for this year equipped stock cara regardless of all are this year thronging the hour and live.

in China are better, he said, in power or price. The new straight show rooms and considering the In the field of individual trans-Ispite of what appears to be un-eight was designed and built by purchase of their first motor cars. portation the motor car has play-settled conditions caused by the the gume statt of engineers

The manufacturers of the Over- ed an important part in breaking civil war.

ponsible for Studebaker's impres-land Whippet have tapped a great down the barriers of time and dis- Mr. Trice also announced the sive series of victories during the new reservoir of public interest tance, It is as foolish to put coming of A. M. Willing, who past year. It makes its brst with their "quality car at lowest legislative bars of a fixed charac-will

permanently 03 ter in the way of development of sales and service representative "ppearance after two years . av-prices.”

velopment word and testing in

Price Reductions. speed in motor car transporta-jof General Motors, Mr. Trice does

Immediately following tion as it would have been to put not expect to stay away long in Stucconker's research engineering

Proving Ground slashing price reductions in the speed limits on railways in the China as he intends returning to laboratory and

under the direction of LG. Roos, Whippet motor cars, placing them early years of their development. Manila, as soon as he completes

chies engineer tormenty chief on- directly in price competition with "It is time to look at the pro- his inspection..

gineer of Locomobite, Pierce Arthe lowest priced cars ever manu- blem of highway safety from a

row and Marmon); and W. Sfactured in the U.S.A., ap. new point of view. One of the

James, research,eng.neer, wito proximately two million persona first steps is to get over the idea

was formerly section cases of the visited the various showrooms that speed in itself is a dangerous

U. S. Bureau of Standards.

where these perfected Whippets thing. Traffic and safety experts

were on display. This outpouring -men who have studied the

equals the interest displayed question-know that speed in it-

The new President reveals no when the Whippet was first pre- self is not the source of danger it

trace of racial design. While the sented to the public about 19 is popularly credited with being.

While everyone prefers driving in

ear is new irai auliator to rear months ago, which set a record a well sprung car which gives the axle, the engineers have followed at that time for public interest "It is not speed alone, but maximum of riding confort, very only sound and thoroughly proved in a new product. speed in combination with other faw of the motoring public have

engineering practices. In doing Reports are pouring into the factors that makes accidents. heard much, if anything about the Fifty miles an hour on the open tremendous and costly experiments so, they have produced a motor of executive offices of the Willys- road in the country may be safer carried on conjointly between the great power and speed, and a Overland, Inc., that indicate the than 25 miles an hour in crowded car manufacturers and the spring chassis notable for easy handling, interest of the public is centred city triflic.

makers in order to obtain, in a safe, exceptionally fine riding qualities in the perfected Whippet, this 'Any well constructed car of the present year is much safer at secure and reliable manner, apring ani readability at all speeds. Due fact being borne out by the sales ing devices that can be relied upon, to precision workmanship and the volume that has resulted, being 50 miles an hour under the pro- under every condition of driving Studebaker practice of running-in far in excess of the expectations

of company sales executive. per conditions than ears of a simi-

motor on a dynamo-meter,

It is said that never before in lar class were 15 years ago at 30 or on any kind of road surface.

The engineers of the European The President may be driven 40 the history of the automobile in- road may be safely covered at 60/untries, of England and Amerien miles per hour even dwing its fire)dustry has a price reduction on a

are constantly at work testing and 500 miles.

car that had been before the miles an hour-another may be improving present methods of car

Six selong and à immensine are public for more than a year, No one can deny that there is suspension in order to meet the ever offered: fire and seven masenger brought about such a notable re- growing demands for greater com- sedans: five and beven passenger ception in every section of the real danger in speed plus

For State Sede:us, lifted with six wire nation. fort and increased epocils. favourable conditions for speed years steel has been the chief wheels and types and many items Reports also indicate that in on the highway, but speed in it-material used in spring making and of de taxe equipment; and a State the higher ranges of cars, there self does not necessarily create hazards. High speed at inter-every known principle of leverage limousine, also with & wire wheels is a decided trend toward Willys-

has been applied to the absorption | and tyres..

Knight models, which have been sections, in turning corners, puss-

To-day hydraulic All models are distinguished for presented. for 1928 with numer- ing pedestrians or passing other of read shock.

and spring recoil shock absorbers, their harmonious combination of ous refinements. Unusual inter- traffic in the face of oncoming rubber bumper and combinations gracefully rounded contours with est, it is said, is being exhibited traffle from the other direction is of steel and rubber are used to long, sweeping body lines in the new Willys-Knight Stand- "Legislation and enforcement minimise jar and still the engineers emphasizing the low hung frame ard Six, the first car powered by should concern itself not so much and car builders are not satisfied, and the abundance of speed and a Willys-Knight six cylinder sleeve valve engine to sell in the with speed as with those acts of a the search for newer and still power under the bonnet..

low priced six class. driver which, combined with better arrangements of -springing, speed, result in accidents. Let keeps apace with the urge for

The familiar Studebaker radia- us stop arresting the sane motor-speed and the desire for comfort.

Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., makers of tor, somewhat narrower than be ist who is doing a sensible 45 miles an hour on a fast road in the well known standard British fore, is capped by the poised figure flanked by big the open country, and concentrate car, have given an unusual amoun! of Atlanta and

headlamps of on drivers like the short corner of time and thought to this subject chromium-plated cutter in town who may be doing and, as a result of these tests the special design. Fall crown one main New York sales rooms. only 15. Fixed limits do not in present Vauxhall is

out-piece mudguards have a distinctive Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A., reported themselves promote safety; they standing example of what should flare in front and sweep back in aan attendance of more than 500 a make lawbreakers out of motorbe found in cars which can be de-graceful curve. The two apare day with a complete sell-out of ists and often permit constables ended upon to hug the road bed. wire wheels of the State sedans cars in stock, while dealers in the to bring discredit on highway Not long ago, for purposes of test are carried in the front mudguards. adjacent territory placed orders pulicemen as a whole by affording investigations, the

Separating bonnet and cowl is a for the immediate delivery of 350 opportunities for petty graft. elliptic front and cantilever rear

brightly plated bead to which are Whippets to fill the orders of buy- "It is time to meet the new springs which are standard equip attached "cowl lamps that harers. conditions of highway safety ment of

Despite the heavy snowstorms with a fresh point of view and specially weakened by removing monize with headlamp design. All

exterior bright work, including in St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A., thou- Thoy concentrate on aafety rather than some of the spring leaves. on the antiquated theory that were then supplemented by a new lights and bumpers, is chromium sands came to see the perfected and Whippets following the price cut anything over 30 miles an hour is design pivoted longitudinal plated for greater beauty

longer wear.

with many orders resulting. This springs for balance purposes.

cowl Extending from Shock absorbers were fitted to the

to rear same interest held true through- front axle as additional aids. The quarter is a decorative panel out other snowbound regions.

A total of 30,000 visited the in bright contrasting i Vauxhall car was then driven for Anished

dealer showrooms in San Fran.

while another,miles, all things being equal, `you 10.000 miles, HIGH COMPRESSION. several hours over an exceedingly colour. This and long

hose cars cost about three times will have ensured yourself the rough road, full of pot holes and windows set in deep reveals em- cisce in three days.

In Detroit, Michigan, USA,

much, while not committing possession for a long time of a ridges at speeds up to and over 40 phasize the low hung appearance 15,000 came to see the Whippets

themselves to any definite state-good car instead of a bad one. miles per hour. There was natural of the new President. A trunk is with the dealers hooking scores

ment, make it very plain, unoffi Another part of the proper ly considerable movement of the mounted at the rear of five passen- and scores of orders.

cially, that the running-in process treatment of a brand new car ear body, the occupants being ger models.

From every point throughout

must be carried as far as possi-which is very important, and very Marked evidence of the noticeable thrown about on their seats but Every detall of the interior the U.S.A., the dealers report

[By John Prioleau.]

blc. Their cars are of the high- often overlooked, is in the chassis trend toward engines of high com- not actually off them. So great treatment, of The President com that the same enthusiasm is being

In an article I wrote recently est possible class, and I should lubrication, especially in some pression design provides one of the was the range of movement by the plements the richness of design shown in the Whippet as has been most important developments of the front axle that the left slale shock characteristic Studebaker's shown here since the price cut. about the excellent value for imagine have as much attention kinds of cheap cars, I have with- two or three instances of low- year in the automobile industry, absorber was bent up until it inter- custom cars. Upholstery fabrics This has resulted in a sales money the poor man is going to expended over their construction in the last six months heard of Those close to the industry doclare fered with the steering, but the are rich in broadcloth or mohair volume never before attained at get in 1928 I mentioned the rather as any in the world.

Running-in a new car is admit- price cars being delivered with. that marked evidence of this trend springs in spite of their weakened in shades harmonizing with the this season of the year, with remarkable circumstance that I is noted in the special grades of condition, successfully withstecd lacquer finish of the exterior. In every indication that capacity am often given new models of tedly an exceedingly boring pro- practically dry gear boxes, back Most makers advise their axles, shackles, and various work- petrol for high compression engines the great stresses imposed on them seating arrangement and roominess, production will be necessary at cars to try which are anything cess now being marketed by the leading hy such a severe and prolonged test the President strikes a new note of the Willys-Overland plants for but run-in, and encouraged to customers to stick to 20 miles an ing parts which depend upon a drive them as fast as possible. hour or some proportionately low grease gun for their lubrication. Only by such tests, can the modern luxurious.comfort. Seats are deep months to come to keep pace In commenting on this trend high speed automobile he made safe and wide, and the form fitting with the demand of the motor car It struck me, as I said, that this speed for the first 500 or 1,000 To every buyer of such a car, no might indicate that makers tiles, and thereafter to go gently. matter how great confidence he toward the high compression en- and trouble-free for the motoring cushions are mounted on double buyers of the nation.

place an unusual degree of con- I am quite sure that what they may have in the works supervi- gine, officials of various companies public.

deck pillow springs. Arm rests

fidence in their work, or that en- would like to say would be, 'Re-ston provided by the makers, I gines in general have reached the member she will be new, danger- would say: "Before you take her point where they do not require lously new, for at the very least out go through the seemingly superfluous process of checking. running-in.

13,000 miles." /

a real menace.

recklessness."

IMPORTANT · DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR.

oil companies.

manufacturing Knight-motored cars)

in the United States have expressed}

some surprise that high compression).

of

now an

normal half-

20-60 Vauxhall, were

Decorative Panel.

of

Barrow

and silk assist cords add further to passenger comfort.

Distinctive among the interior

is being suddenly emphasized by It la claimed that detonation com-fitments are door panels finished in

Public Interest.

In Toledo, Ohio. U.S.A., 40,000 persons visited the Willys-Over

and display in two days following the price cut.

More than 200,000 visited the

RAISE SPEED LIMITS.

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THIS IS A SYSTEM WE FIND HELPFUL TO AND APPRECIATED

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THE 1928 CAR,

A FEW HINTS ON TREATMENT.

A reader has severely criticised. The owner of a new car which the oil level in the engine, gear other manufacturers as if it were al monly prevalent in other types of antique walnut or lacquer and em The states of Washington and the latter conclusion and sug- is also his first would find it well box and back axle, and going the new discovery.' The builders of high compression erigines is the bellished with etched silver medal- Oregon have increased their gests that what I wrote may lead worth his while, both from a fin-weary round of the chassia with the three American Knight-motored fore avoided in the Knight engine lions. Dome and corner lamps, maximum speed limits, the for-the experienced to overdrive their ancial as well as from a personal the grease gun, being particular- cars, Stearns-Knight, Willys-Knight It is the characteristic design' oʻ and Falcon-Knight have considered the Knight double-sleeve combustio the former automatically operated mer from 30 to 35 miles an hour, new engines and ruin them for comfort point of view, to consider ly careful not to miss these points high compression one of the out-chamber, with the spark plug loend by a concealed door switch, silk and Washington from 30 to 40 life. Of course I had no such in this advice as officially given to which, although they are out of

curtains for rear and quarter miles an hour.

tention. My remarks were in the him by the maker of his car. If sight and almost inaccessible, are nature of pure speculation on the you are told not to exceed 20 for usually extremely important."

unusual 500. make it 1,000, and for the "Evening Standard." possible causes of an

next 2,000 make it 30, driving at state of affairs.

that speed as little as possible, and so on..Even if the maker of your

supplied

with the 7-passenger

standing features of superiority of ed in the exact centre of the con- windows are additional appoint- their Knight engines for years, and pressed fuel charge, that is said 10 mente. An attractive vanity case they point out that the Knight provide the excoptional high com engine achieves high compression pression performance in this engine, and a smoking set with lighter are with ordinary petrol, while other The Stearns-Knight six and eigh types of engines require special cylinder care, the Willys-Knigh high grade fuel to eliminate detona- Sixes and the Falcon-Knight Six.

results.

to the pistons are thereby said to be

'Mixed Advice.

Reading the advice of makers car tells you that no damage can

INCREASING ACREAGE.

The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber

Sedans, while ash receivers are in- ments are grouped in rectangular cluded with the 5-passenger models.. frames and indirectly illuminated. models.

They include: eight day clock clac-and listening to occasional re- possibly result from driving her Co., has purchased 29,000 acres of tion and achieve satisfactory with the additional force imparte?) The same convenience and tric fuel gauge, speedometer, am- marks by testers, designers, and as you please from the start, it is rubber-growing land in Sumatra, The manufacturers cite the fact assured of greater power, faster luxury characterize the front com meter, oil pressure gauge and en- people of that kind, I find that well worth while disregarding increasing its rubber holdings in

considered unnecessarily fussy. that the tests have proved the com- road speed, quicker acceleration,partment. The facin board finish-gine thermometer. The horn but there are, as a ruatter of fact, two him and running the risk of being the Far East. to 50,000 acres. bustion chamber in the double- unusual vitality and a smooth per-ed in two-tone antique walnut is ton and shift lever knob are onyx schools of thought on that ex-

After 5,000 Miles. sleeve engine, wherein the gases are formance which so often is lacking: equipped with a cigar lighter, and Spark, throttle, and light controls tremely important question. One are set in a panel are mounted on a new type A'at firm I know of says that you may

Or this you may be very cer- highly compressed before firing, in other types of engines, specially instruments to be ideally designed to provide where such engines use regular or framed by a beading of dull silver steering wheel of walnut fint drive their brand-new cars

inlaid with enamel. The instru- and thin grip,

straight away as if they had done talu, that at the end of her 5,000 a rapid, steady burning of the fuel ordinary petrol

Three and three-quarters million people are employed directly or in- directly by the automobile indus try in the United States."