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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1848.

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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS

TURBINE ENGINES FOR CARS BEING MADE IN BRITAIN

Striking claims have been,

made-savings of 200 lbs. in weight, and the development of 160 horse-power from en- gines only 17 ins. in diameter amongst them. Announcer nis of this kind are welcome proof "or":"Mike"""Virifity of the Brithfr motor::indislegend-ine fores sight of its chief executives, "but-it-must be admitted that the practical use of such engines in everyday motor-ears 15 nel- ther for this year nor for next; 5 to 10 years from now would be a more sober estimate.

forlex will be seen in increasing

Recently two British companies, one a fledgling of post-war cars which are now some two years, the other one of the oldest being released from British fac- established firms in the automobile industry,numbers soon. It is thought that announced the construction of a turbine they have special characteristics which will make them, truly engine for motor-cams,

practical for buyers all over the world,

The younger company, Centrox Ltd., was formed

by people who were amongst the pioneers in the development of turbine engines for fighter aircraft; the older concern, Rover's, were actually the first to get into production with the qircraft turbine engines designed by the now world-famous Air Commodore Whittle.

gines which have been developed to give exceptional power in pin-

Cars.

Striking Lowness

cruise

cced

70 m.p.h; it will quite comfortably at 50 m.p.h. There are, firstly, a small group

and at this speed returni A of curs marle in limited quotes to their size and to with-

stand high speed running inde- fuel ties which are highly expense initely without trouble.

consumption as low as 32.5 m.p.g. Probably the for the accommodation whien

greatest attraction, however, is they offer and which depend for

the very small overall dimen- their upppeal on a

Most striking, however, will be combination

slons. The length is only 153 of remarkably togh performance the exceptional towness of these

ina, and the width 61 ins, and and rufety. The British Henley

This is not achieved with-

this give an ease withi

an engine of only 150 ruble our sacrifice for the trunsmission

of parking which makes the Dar highly covered a neroaches upon the centre of the Biches

capacity has

sultable for town traffic and measured distance timed by the body, and although enclosed in a

short

many Journeys with Royal Belgian

la seot Automobile Club tunnel makes it difficult

stops. at 110 Jess than

milles per To th

two propte on the

The Austin Company also pro- hour,

although this is front seat, Triumph overcome suce a'ble car with 120 h.p, engine abnormal even judged by British this by an ingenious compromise.

is tower ant this, standards, there are a number of The height of the che other

products such as the than normal bul, at the same Bentley. Bristol, Fraser Nash, time, a full three-seater bench-

CONVERTIBLE ROADSTER (A

The Triumph Roadster was designed and bout as a single car for the peronat sa of the managing director, Sir John Black, but so many people wanted a copy that it was put into By raising the top and side windows the orion protection, open body can be converted into a closed three-sealer. tor" photo)

at o

Cars of this kind are power-

("Mo-

tir?

typically, embodies number of refinements which are found only on British cars such as the automatic jocking system. The touch of an electric switch nctivates ព electrically-driven oil pump and lifts the front or back wheels, or both, at

the

driver's command. In ather words, with a British cor the presence of a service station and a muchanie around the corner is not assured,

Chassis Oiling

A similar erideavour to make

the driver self-reliant is

to be

Exports From UK Increase

The figures for vehicle axi ports from the United King- dom in the firet six months of 1948 show an encouraging Increase over the stallatics for the same period of 1947. A total of 115,800 cars and, 34,000 commercial vehicleu went overeens from January to the end of June this year, compared with 69,000 and 23,100 respectively for the first six months of inst your.

In financial terms, vehicle exports were, £81.4 mililon for the last quarter of 1947, £55.6 million for the first quarter of 1948, and 260,3 million for the second quar.

ter,

COMFORT ALL THE WAY I

The 138 h.p. Austin Princess model has a custom built body with aluminium panelling and lavishly equipped in- Lerior. Both front and rear seats can be divided by a centre arm.pleco. Foot rests and small plenio tables are fitted into An Inbuilt radio set has twin the back of the front seats.

"Motor" photo) loudspeakers.

Car Show For

UK This Year

seen in the widespread (ne of The United Kingdom's first In-1

chassis olling systernis. These work on various principles. In some cases the movement of the 3rd in the series organised by car over the road work a flout Britain's Society of Motor Manu facturers and Traders, Ltd.-will which pumps oll from a reservoir in the chassis bearings; in others November 6 at Earl's Court, Lon- tuke place from October 27 10 the driver presses e plunger don. All the available space has Intervals; yet a third scheme,

472

particl

Pternational Motor Exhibition-

to seal

torn. All sections of

of exbibitors in each,

used an the new Rover cars, I been taken up by the

all the chassis bearings pating exhibitors. anch to enclose all the moving the industry will be well repre- The sections, with the purts so that lubrication is numbers

sented. quired only at five to ten thou-num sang mile intervals. Convenience are as follows: Car, 46; Carriage to drivers and passengers is par- Work, 21; Accessory and Com ticularly prominent in all British 6; Transport Service Equipment, ponent, 281: Tyre, 10: Motor Boat,

designs.

St

Seats can be varied in height as well as sild to and fro; stear Ing wheels can slide up and down the column and then be locked in the most comfortable position, and there are benon. type scats which have large

dividing centrepieces at the

new

Austin Produces

ed with small engines-embracate easily detached and replaced. Two New Models

Ing

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secure

In

15; Caravan and Light Trailer, 18. The exhibition is international in scope.

Personality Can

Cause Accidents

On this Gordano, and Jaguar, which will type seat is provided.

two the very ma::imum excred, 90 m.p.h, by a substantial other

in road-worthiness is sought and margin.

What is more they will do this by putting the seats as closely as

front of the car as well as at with remarkable economy of possible to the ground there is

The

the back; together "with" addi. very striking up- running.

Bristol, for ex-no doubt that

achieved.

tional outer arm resta for the ample, has recently returned a penrance

Poor driving can definitely driver and the pranger, All of these cars retain separate 20 of

be traced to personality factors, | measured fuel consumption

In and headlamps, and

Britain thr overwhelming miles per gallon ut П sustained mudguards speed of 8 m.p.h., and 26 m.p.g. altho

although many think this to be majority of cars built since the according to tests recently con- style there war have been of pre-war de- ducted by the Connecticut State sustained 20 m.p.k., both of unduly conservative

generation of Department of Motor Vehicles. these figures being taken with a can be little doubt of the very sign. The corrected

the which real practical advantages of speedometer

Studies were made of, 180 Headlamps means that they are the equiva- arrangements.

licensed drivers, half having re- lent of roughly 75 and 100 m.ph. accessible for adjustment and re-

cords of repeated traffic violations with the ordinary commercial in pair and any damage to the side

and accidents, and the other half of the car through road accidents strument.

having driven at least 100,000 is usually limited to parts which

miles with clear records.

Tents mada_over_s-twa week. below these Coming

ears in the utmost in mechanical

showed marked differ. them in

period

Attitudes refinements as

between the exemplified by price, and exceeding

arc the lower-

Two entirely new models have ences in aircraft engine practice. For popular appeal

The group with bad which form

the Austin two groups. i been announced by example, the six-cylinder Dri- priced models

(of England, as elsewhere in the Motorcar Company Long-records tended to feel that tree- stol had three carburettors and

head, world, the vast bulk of the cars bridge, Birmingham). They are dem from accidents depends more aluminium eyinder her sold. Amongst the latest designs the "A-00 Atlantic

"drophead on good luck than on the driver's whilst both care have iærge in

ctly to be

and the "A-70 ability, and many showed avid- clined overhead valves exactly

Introduced is the Austin convertible dium size, saloon.ence of emotional habits that used by

ard A40 Devon or Dorset which mat- Hampshire" Wright, ar

Haches 40 developed horse-power. The convertible coupe has been might upset a driver under con- Pratt & Whitney to

afficiency In airline against comparatively light and primarily designed to attract the motorist, but it is ob- American

A terga number of people in that

world will whole the

this group also expressed the bc. tremendously enthusiastic

belief that five to 10 drinks of over its futuristic line and design,

alcoholio .beverages, .had по It is a striking looking sports cor

effect on their driving ability. Iine and, a with a low, sweeping slope distinct

of the bonnet, Most striking contrast of

gives the

the was their preference as to driv- appearance forward

view. The ing speeds, the drivers with good best possible the mass-production type are the The 153,000,000 person's ex-body has a frontal appearance records tending to prefer more

to other cars of its

125 moderate speeds, foster Cars, such Us Jaguar, pected to make up the popula- different Triumph and M. G., which usetion of the United States in range: it is more advanced

substantial volume of mass-1953 can be expected to own design. A notable feature is that produced parts in their making 42,000,000 cars, according to it can be converted from a saloon vice-versa by but yet achieve exclusivity by John R. Davis, Ford director of to an open car and special engine design and body

a power-operated switch on the work. All these three cars have, sales and advertising, at new driver's door. A similar switch

also

side and shuts the орепа for example, overhead-valve en model announcement time..

Mr. Davis reported that the windows, This is the first iniu 31,000,000 passenger cars now in this feature has been incorporat- use in the U.S. Is 7,000,000 belowed in a standard British car. The what might be expected. if the engine is four-cylinder qver- public could buy as many as head valve of 1,000 cubic capacity

Steel, and other short- SENT TO USA wanted.

and has twki carburettors. It do nges have held back, production. The Gainsborough Studios, in Making up the seven million velops 88 b.l.p, at 4,000 rpm. London have contributed, at short and adding the four million more Additional To "16"

ximum

The operation.

brakea and steering

these connections of cars and the suspension systems they employ are also directly rotated to racing-cer practice And stability safety And give beyond comparison with nor

small car.

It will, in consequence, ax-vious

Expected To Own

ditions of stress.

Standing between these high-42 Million Cars which, in addition to its attractive opinion between the two groups

mal

priced, handmade models,

MODEL CAR

arut

notice to Britain's export drive needed to maintain the normal

and plans from the

The "A-70 Hampshire" saloon

in cars. Last autumn, the Rootes growth, he said, will mean that is additional to the present type Group wanted to send a model of not until 1980 will the average of Austin "10" which will still be their new Sunbeam-Talbot sports man be able to get immediata in production for the next 12 car to the United States.

months. Its frontal appearance In three delivery.

"A-40" days, working fro

of CATE Production from

for the similar to the popular BeamTM domestic market in 1948, Mr. with the line of the front wings Davis said, will not far exceed carried through to rear enclosed 1947' 3,200,000 units

wheels. The interesting features while

a four-speed total car and truck production of the car include

and

front Independent

· appears "on - the, way to 5,000, gear box 000 units, of which about 10 suspension. The gear control on

the steering -column-

Talbot factory at Coventry, Eng- | land, the, film studios produced a Plaster cast of. the new car, which was taken to the Rootes Group

To sento with

plant and door, han: cont will be exported."

every

detall, dies.

The miniature car Wax Mr. Davis added some nery three persons to travel on - the Pady in 48 hours and in three Agures on tised car prloes. He two dush fitting fronts seats. days was on its way of the North and that; since 1941 the price of Both these new models are America where it has drawn ox one-year-old car has risen 180 being shown at the Canadian tadaive long-term orders; from per cent; more than 200 per cent National Exhibition in Toronto. New York, Boston and Toronto, for a two year old car; and hi-They will be on view in a fort which will bring vital dollars to most 500 per cent for a six year night's time in New York and Britain

old

San Francisco,

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