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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1950.

Firestone De Luxe CHAMPION

THE SAFEST, LONGEST WEARING TIRE EVER BUILT

For

THE ONLY TIRE THAT IS SAFETY PROVED, AN THE SPEEDWAY TOP FOUE PRO. ACTGH ON JI

HIGHWAY

25 consecutive years, Firestone tires have been' on the winning cars in the In- dianapolla Bweepstakes. This grueling 500-miles race, where Average speede ara 121 miles, per. hour, is the proving grounds for Firestone tires. Every car that finished tho race last year was equipped with Firestone Po LUKE Champions.

Made in ENGLAND, U.S.A. and CANADA

WILLIAM HUNT & COMPANY

Fed, Inc., U.S.A.

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MOTORING

NEWS AND VIEWS

IMPORTANT U.S.

U.S. DEVELOPMENT

COSIB

Studebaker sets new mark

The Studebaker Champion had mander entry won thild in Class the highest miles per U.S. pallon 1; 'record" di all, cats in the Mobligasi Grand Canyon Economy Run

.

The actual miles per gallon which was completed recently, (not on the bails of ton miles) The

Champion averages 20.561 werd for the Champion as stated milts per gallon Which was made above, 20.631 miles, the highest with overdrive transmission over of all cara' participating, while

781 miles courte,

the Land Cruiser made $24.887 miles per gallon and the Com- This contest bases a officli mander entry in Class D aurtik duibri miles of Raboling: 23:40k hille per gallon. milenko. On that basis? the Länd All computationa

bazad Cruiser won first place in Clair on the 1.6. gallon. which is the Champion won second equivalent to .8327 Imperial gat» Place th Clliki C, and the Com- Idná tabu

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For many years here Have | dative installation. *of-- 1%-litre'f this new Nash project is parti-{ self; amongst those who, although been rumours that the greater enghito, developing 30 b.hp., and cularly interesting to the Euro- not able to afford two full-scale American manufacturing com-

this, it is estimated, would raise pean automobile industry, for if cara of current US, type, would bines were running small curs

the speed from 60 m.p.4. to over the car is made. In quantity is I like to have a small second car if and that, these have proved 70 mph a cost of ab intended that engines, gearboxes the first and maintenance.

fere that a hormal Chevrolet has of an ordinary gearbox must be proximately, 7 m.p.g

and axles, or at least the major very, satisfactory from an en-

were sufficiently low

! a limiting gradient of approxi-provided. components. thereof, should b The new Chovrolat mato in th tinct drive, the Vjaibility manpouvrability, glacering view-point, accord-

"In the General Motors design ing to "The Motor."

The car has a number of de purchased from Europe;

If the auspices are shown to be additional torque provided by the role adopted by Chevrolet this tail features of some interest. A By this means Nash expect to favourable, it would still take bedraulic converter will enable it condition is met by an epicyclic point of specialett is the low eliminated Looling costs that tween' a year and 18 months to lovellmbra hill of 1 in 4152

rror placed behind the bonnet height; giving in itself would put a prohibitive price an

get this new project into produc-, Additionally, by eliminating the converter, the bands, of which are good forward viibility and, in the ear in the light of the limited tion, but quite separately, there loss of time in making gear operated by all pressure, and the combination with the extended sales that are expected, to reduce wings at a higher level, a valuable development costs and simul Nash intended for competition in rest would be at least equal to reverzo the rotation of the pro-

from there will be

bw chankee, the neceleration front unit' so arrasized that it will also incans of sighting the ear and factories with special oppor

the Chevrolet-Ford-Flymouth that obtained on a corresponding peller shatt controlling its position on the tunity to cut collar exchange.

With this transffission, there- next few months as the tooling making best possible use of a

fore, the driver would normally for this car has been alreadyree-speeth gear,' ----

accelerator · Fecial Use only the These

faels notwithstanding, and the brake, and for reverse mondtectura is preparation for

move a lever the is it recogiked at rare condi-purposes would It will be evident from foregoing t

that no one expects any tions obtain in whith a torque placed beneath the steering wheel of 2:1 (approxi- which would direct oil pressure new small car to displace the 90 nuluplication

which is thethally the equivalent of a second to st to connect the epleyclle gear typical "people's car"!

The companies concerned have, hawever, held back from market- market there would always be better sale for an bph, six seater second-hand car than thern) would be for a 50, 6.p.lij four- Avdagater, new car at the same price,

rond.

.

For the occasions when position in relation to other traffic be mis judged, there is a sensible feature the form of a protruding band

class. This will be ready in the car driven By a skilled driver European

Production would not be in the existing Nash plant at Detroit; in new factories on the Atlantic und Pacific coasts, which would

So far the correctness of this

complèted; been challenged view one of the smaller "Independent U.S. companies has now ventured on to rather different ground by producing an experimental two- seater car which is really small,

standards.

even by Europeared

The size can be gauged from the fact that the wheelbase la only 7 ft. and the overall length 12 ft.: 1 in. That is to say, the car Is 11⁄2 ing, longer on the wheelbase, 112 and 3% is longer overall, than the Renault 4 c.v., and 2 jus, shor er on the wheelbase and 3 Ins.

shorter overall than The Morria”

Miner.

13 of

It is claimed that the complete cor weighs between 12 and cwt, according to the type engine installed, which makes. It between 7 and 15 per cent," heavier than the Renault 4 c.v. and 15 to 21 per cent lighter titon. tlic Minor.

The bonnet is in one plece with the wings, bumpers and head- lamp mountings, and thus when raised there is complete necess both to the engine and the front It will be Suspension systein. noted that the air intake to the

radiator core much neater than is usual by U.S. standards.

The back of the car has been by eliminating the aimplified

the usual door to the rent locker, the luggage being put into place by swinging forward the back of the seats. The space for the Heence the back matches plate at the

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In both cases these assemblies are combined with the bumpere. This called the "NXI," which stands

for Nash-Experimental International, and it is estimated

it can be sold for $1,000... The car was unveiled in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York recently, and as there ex- hibited is powered by an over- head-valve FLAT. 500 engine, which develops 18 b.h.p. Provision is, however, made for the alter

When not required, the hood of this Nash Model NX1 packs' away into a bag coloured to match the 'upholstery. The top section of the door, padded to provide an elbow rest, is clearly shown in this photograph. which follows the side of the

and rear bumpers, Here an effort body and foins, in effect, the front to take the car

car through a space ils overall slightly smaller than width will do no

thon more damage this particular part of the body, which may properly be awarded

further c

commendable in the recesset top of the which

provides armrest wat natural height for elther driver or passenger, and does not interfere with the side window when the latter is raised.

offer the utmost economy from

component parts and the export the viewpoint of the import of of completo cars.

the title "Eide fender" bised-up to this prototype

by the

h.p

34.tre mod of the U.S., ["speed" in” t'rriechanical bottom gear in the required way.

and in this class Chevrolet has fed numerically for many years, so that it is literally correct to say that this product of the General Motors group is one of the most ers in the world:

CUTTI

popular cars in

the cars were 1948 pletely rebodied in the envelope n curved winif- reen, and the de considerably so

style and with

suspension system

vised to give Improved

of the front

Neither the engine mome

transmission of this car

car his

ever; been substantially.

for many

therefore years,

how-

and Chann

has remained one of the Tow companies in the U.S.A. which the customer had to take a clutch and three-speed Rear without the of any form

drive;

automatic or semifuldr

change, Or

even overdrive.ger succeeded by an audacious stroke, the standardisation of a teen's technical quiescetice has

full torque-converter transmission based on the experience of Buick with their Dynaflow, introduced two

years ago,

and

It must, however, be made clear that the Nash Co. has not yet Brolly determined to manufacture

It must be made clear that al- thle car, but will make a decision

the reception" "given though a hydraulle torqtie cons verter a fluid flywheel have .1 many similarities in construction Those who know American they have

nave a

a basic dissimilarity, business methods will not be sure

The fluid erictin prised to know that this test of public feeling is being highly or- ganised.

announcement.

Tosted reaction

luropoän tömponents Contrary to common practice, the Waldort 600 invited the use of a folding top has not guests were given a questionnaire involved a very limited rear view, which Included such questiona for the design of the panels is as such that virtually the whole of the back of the top is transparent, ance

ance of the new Nash?" Apart from the design Itself,

See this breath-taking new

aerodynamic automobile

In

is a subsitute for the clutch. In effect, it automati dischgages itself at the speed of the engine and gives perfect and infinitely graduated take-up as

as the engine speed is raised unili at over, say, 800 h.p.m., the drive is 08 per cent

How do you like the appear- this redson It is quite easy /

"Do you like the deep wind- to start a car on level ground In Bereen? The elimination of need-top gear usi

using the fald flywheel, less ornament and chrome? The Just as it is possible for the highly skilled driver to do the same thing one-piece bonnet, bumper and S wing assembly?

with a really well-designed file. nor clutch design will; however, tion clutch. Neither driving skil affect the acceleration which con

The inside access to luggage space?" Oliter questions were

"If this car were available to- day would you buy one as your enly car or as a second car?

Would your choice be in Guenced it parts were built by well-known European constric- tors1

be

`obtained in top for any other) gear, or the gradient that the car will climb without needing lower gear satio...

Torque converfer

of

A torque converter 'in “ư mých This is merely the start of a

more complicated piece market survey which will take mechanism than the fluid f the opinion of about a quarter wheel, but it not only embraces million people in' widely separat-all the functions of this devies but

ed centres, such as Washington. If adds to them in a limited des Detroit,

trait, Chicago, Los Angeles and gree on ability to raise the torque San Francisco.

and eliminate the need for gears A particular effort will be made In the General Motors design

wer if the to discover

car will be the increase in torque is

rous is about 21 thought satisfactory as an alter- | corresponding with a rather native by those familles who al- | greater difference · ini' speed, how ready have two cars, or whether tween the crankshaft, and the it would create a-market for it propeller shaft. Assuming; there.

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