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THE CHINA

MAIL.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1931.

MOTORISTS THIS IS YOUR PAGES

is another example of meeting every demand of modern motoring, and in its new low price range. makes superior eight cylinder performance available to a wider field of buyers.

1931 WILLYS LINE.

Meets Demands of Modern Motoring.

The Willys Eight has a high Demands of the current era of

speed of better than 75 miles a motoring differ widely from the de-hour and will ensity do 50 miles per mands as well as expectations of a hour in second gear. few years ago. All car owners recall that not long since they were

In the 1931 Willys-Knight Ene, satisfied with

that had a the sleeve valve engine employed is built by cruising, or steadily drivable speed the most powerful ever

with it well below 00 miles an hour, while Willys-Overland, carrying all that they required in the the traditional advantages of this This engine matter

uf power Was an type of engine. engine that would unable them to develops 87 horsepower and has elimb hill in their respective ter- top speed of from 78 to 80 miles on ritories.

hour and a second gear performance

ago, however, have changed and the ear manufacturer who fails to re- cognize this and build according to the demands of the modern buyer, will quickly find a sales resistance

difficult to overcome,

MILES OF THRILLS.

· And Bacon and Eggs

in the Morning.

SPEED RECORD COST

Capt. Campbell's £6,000 from Own Pocket.

CAR SALES.

Sir Wm. Morris's Bold Bid to Capture Market.

About 700 motoring adventurers When Captain Malcolm Campbell The brightest spot in the whole left their fireside last night to on- was about to sail from Southamp- of British trade appears to be the gage in the Motor-Cycling Club's ton in the White Stur liner motor-car industry. 250-miles all-night run from Lon-Homeric with his famous racing There is a growing popular de- don to Exeter and back to Shaftes- car Bluebird, to attempt to break mand for the small low-priced car bury, (anys a mail week Dally Ex-the land speed record at Daytona, and this demand will be stimulated press).

Florida, United States, he was by the new Morris two-seater at They came to Virginia Water, handed the following cable from £100.

Staines, the starting point, the American Automobile Associa near ready for fog, snow, ice, or any-tion: athing a mid-winter clement, might

provide.

came

These demands of a few years ample to make it a highly desirable

car in congested traffic.

While there have been no major departures in the design of these 1931 power plants, certain refine-made up like Arctic explorers thus conditions. ments and improvements have been lost a lot of heroine worship. incorporated in them which better their former highly satisfactory Not only have they proved their ability in heavy city traffic and on the wide open country highways but in the hilly and moun tainous territory where the inbuilt atamina of an engine is subjected to its most rigorous tests.

In the development of the Willys sixes and eight and the Willys- Knight six, engineers of Willys Overland designed their products, not only to meet the current de- mand but to provide cars that would also meet future needs.

The introduction of the Willys Six a year ago powered by a 05 horse-power engine established precedent in the field

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the low priced sixes. This great power development for a low priced six also brought with it a high speed performance of more than 70 miles per hour to meet present-day demands, That performance is even bettered in the 1931 Willy's Six.

Speed' performance of this car, however, is not confined to high gear. Its ability

performance.

WITH THE PRINCE.

H.R.. The Prince of Wales and H.R.H. Prince George during their visit to the Buenos Aires Exhibition

used a fleet of Humber cars.

Prince

The car for the Prince of Wales' personal use is a Humber "Snipe" attractively finished in black with to quickly e-pillar-box red wheels and black ra- diator shutters, the interior being celerate to 48 miles an hour second gear marks it as one of the upholstered in red cloth. most active cars ever built in any George's car is also a "Snipe" finish price class. In heavy city traffic, ed in royal blue, with wheels and this fast second gear performance radiator shutters in harmonising has proved its value, enabling the shades. driver to make fast getaways at traffic lights and in weaving in and out of lanes when openings were available.

The Willys Eight driven by an engine that develops 80 horsepower

For state occasion the Prince will use a Humber Pullman Limousine also finished in blue, while his lug- gage will be transported in a Com- Van-another "all

mer 2-2-ton British" product.

car

and

to New

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that the publle could "buy them off the shelf; to use a trade term.

Since the motor show at Olympia

there has been a steady sale of new British cars. This steady sale,

the

vehicles in October, 1929, to 1,223 for the same month in 1930. Of this total 46 were open touring cars and the remainder closed, car-

ringes.

it is confidently expected, will con- All through the return of vårloús tinue because cars are cheaper and individual tax ratings, the saloon better than any previous year's largely out-numbers the open ear. production. It is also gratifying | Perhaps that is not surprising con- to know that although the value of sidering the comfort that is given cars exported by British at no extra charge, or very little, makers has decreased owing to compared with the cost of the open lessened prices, the number is keep-car. ing well up, considering the Five electrically propelled cara were licensed in October. A# general state of the export trndo.

Actually November's exports of electricity for charging batteries motor vehicles and parts show an is to be much cheaper in the near increase of £103,142 over those ex-future, perhaps London may again ported in October, but are down in sec the electric brougham a value by £247,264 compared with "ghost" of the past on shopping

and social errands. November, 1929.

[The motor-ear industry enjoya the protection of the McKenna Duties.}

How the public will respond to the efforts of Sir William Morris Daytona refuses to advance over to bring down prices remains to be 60 miles an hour and The only Christmassy effect, 4,000 dollars (£1,200). Expecting seen, but however, was a postcard-like new you to put up remainder. Believe more than 40 miles to a gallon of moon that hung in a star-strewn this entirely inadequate. Advised petrol-which are promised with

Figures, however, show a joyful sky. The night was Riviera-like, your American manager repeated-the new car-will go a long way

ly against your sailing under such towards bringing motoring within upward trend for the time of the

the reach of all and making it as year. and the sidecar girls who

popular as it is in the United As usual, the small 8 h.p. Car Captain Campbelt at once cabled States, the original home of the heads the list of those in popular But the weather might have the following reply:

cheap car.

demand for October as it has every While depression played many tricks before Exeter Sailing to-day with

the month last year. No fewer than was reached, and the side-car girls mechanics. If any difficulties in

general tople in commercial cir- 3,411 cars of 8 h.p. were sold, of had yet to prove their hardiness.U.S.A. shall proceed

cles, the motoring community is which only 388 were tourers. The The London-Exeterites are real' Zealand.

full of pardonable optimism and remainder were saloons. pride, writes H: Thornton Rutter, motoring enthusiasts. They take

Second in the list is the 15 h.p. The total part in the run simply because

the Morning Post Motoring Cor- six-cylinder car class. they like motoring as a sport, they

"I cannot imagine why the respondent.

sold in October was 1,867. Of this regard the worst top hills as authorities should send such B

The public bought more pleasure, and groet rock-strewn message at the last moment. It is last Autumn than in the same

number 50 were touring cars and the remainder were anlaons. These hills with hilarity.

disgraceful, for with my 31⁄2-ton car packed on board it is impos-period the previous year, and the represent about 45 per cent. fewer h.p., which is as consumption of petrol for the sold than of the sible to do anything but go through eleven months ended November 30, near to the inverse ratio of their with the voyage.

was 859,883,061 gallons, an in-respective engines as possible. "On January 7 Mr. E. P. Wood-crease of 175,261,188 gallons over been bury, a member of the American 1929. A.A. Racing Committee, cabled:| call-Am authorised by mayor and city figures should silence critics in the These official Board of Trade

ed the Black Hill, and it is near men (of Daytona) and chamber of oil industry, as an increase of

They are out to test their driving skill and the endurance of their motor-cars and motor-cycles.

New Hill "Find." This year a new hill has discovered which should cause good deal of quiet fun. It is

Cerne Abbau.

and a surface

It boasts three hairpin bends, plenty of rocks, that is alleged to be worse than patches of the Kingston by-pass. conversation among competitors as they drank their steaming coffee while waiting the call to start.

Black Hill was the one topic of

They hoped it would come up to expectations!

Others

The number of sidecar girls was fewer than in previous years. Some had got married. have got motor-cars of their own (Continued at foot of next Column.)

A BETTER CAR

AT

LOWER COST

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He then said:

commerce to advise you that we all want you to come and will give you a hearty welcome"."

Captain Campbell declared that his attempt would cost him any thing up to £8,000 out of his own

pocket.

cars

200,000,000 gallons in sales of their product, plus a proportional in- crease in lubricating oils by the end of the year, is nearly a 25 per cent. gain.

Whatever may be happening in América, British fuel distributing firma have done a large increasing trade at fair prices.

This is an interesting point, as it helps the motor manufacturer to greater accuracy. Iny plans for the future with

A MORRIS FOR $100.

been

Tremendous interest has aroused in motoring circles by the R. announcement of Sir William Morris, Bt., that Morris Motors Ltd., will shortly put on the British market, a car to sell at the pheno- menally low price of $100.

The name of this new model will

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be the Morria Minor 3. V. Two- Seuter. The engine only differs from that employed in the rather more expensive Minor models in that it is equipped with side-by-side valves instead of overhead valves After these two classes the 12 and camshaft. Rigorous teating h.p. rating comes third in popular over a period of several months has favour. It is a declining rating, established a normal fuel consump-. however, as a year ago it was a tion of 40 m.p.g., while a speed of close second to the 8 hp, cars, the 60 m.p.h. is easily attainable. figures being 2,682 and 2,122 | three-speed gearbox is provided, and respectively.

all four brakes operate direct on the Last October the 12 h.p. cars wheel drums. Equipment is gener- licensed that month for the first ous The body is coach-built,

grey

cellulose and time totalled 1,650, of which 261 finished in According to the Ministry of were open tourers and the remain- upholstered in red. In sheer value for money, this new Morris model Transport monthly report, 11,212 der closed cars. new cars were registered and The new six-cylinder cars have sets a standard hitherto unparallel- licensed in October, compared played havoc with this 12 h.p. mar-ed in motoring, and should material- with 9,853 in October, 1929. Most ket of four-cylinder models, as they assist the cause of the British of the prophets expected a reduc- 15 h.p. class and the 16 h.p. class car in Overseas markets. tion, but sales have increased by have robbed it of some 600

It is emphasised that production. about 15 per cent. This is due to sales.

of the other Morris Minor models

Important

The 16 h.p. rated class of motor will continue exactly as before, with changes

fore- the wisdom of British motor manu- are shadowed by

stock of is fourth in the month's return,no alteration in either specifications the R.A.C. for the facturers preparing a Tourist Trophy Race this year. their latest models early in order having risen in sales from 672 or prices. The handicap has been recast so as to differentiate between super- charged and unsupercharged cars.

Captain Campbell subsequently broke the record with a speed of 245 miles an hour.

TOURIST TROPHY.

Supercharged Cars to Be Handicapped.

During the three years that the race has been held since its revival; in 1928, the handicap has not taken superchargers into account, but has been framed purely on a class basis.

The R.A.C. fcela, however, that with the enormous increase in the reliability of superchargers and of supercharged engines, and the un- doubled advantage that this type now enjoys over the unsupercharged engine, it is unfair to demand an equal performance from engines of equal capacity when one la Bu, ir- charged and the other is not.

It is the opinion of the RA.C. also that whilst there is unquestion- ably a wide future for the engine fitted with a blower, there is an equally wide future for the unsuper- charged engine.

Since the Tourist Trophy Race is fotended to develop all types of cars, it follows therefore that the handi- cap should be so framed as to offer an equal chance for all cars to de- monstrate their qualities to the pub-

lic.

To encourage entries the R.A.C. has reduced the amount of the entry fea to twenty guincas this year, and has extended the time during which entries may be received at ordinary fees by one month as compared with previous years.

It will no longer

necessary for cara to be weighed, and neither will it be necessary to carry ballast in any of the classes.

now; but those who started were as keen as ever.

"Why do we do it? Well," said one, "you see I work in a City office all the year, and it is good to get out on the road and ride through the night and have bacon and eggs baforo roaring fires at dawn, and if it snows, all the better. It is my one adventure of the year."

Turkey on the Way.

The last competitor did not leave Virginia Water until 12.16. It took exactly four hours and three minutes to start the sixty-one motor-cycles, twenty-four sidecar machines, eleven cycle tars, and] 208 cars

One party, at any rate, Intended to enjoy themselves. In their salona car, one of the most lordly vehicles taking part, they had a little table set on which was a turkey and champagne glasses1

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