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17.. THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1930.

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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS

New German Olympia 1950

Here is a head-on view of the new Opel "Olympia 1980" shown to the public for the first time recently at the Opel Auto Plant at Ruesselsheim, Germany. Main Improvements on the previous model are that the geair change le now on the sleering column, and that the car has three gearm Instead of four with the second and third gears fully synchronised. The body is of alcoker appearance, with American-styled fenders and stronger bumper. Of 37 horse-power, the car is said to have a top speed of 70 m.p.h., cruising speed of 65 m.p.h., and fuel consump tion of 26 miles to the gallon. The sedan model sells for 6,785 Deutsche marke and the con. vertible for 6,950 Deutsche marka.-AP Photo.

Rotoflo shock absorber

Amongst the more notable, softly sprung cars. In the A... post-war developments in on the other hand, damping com- shock absorber design has ly, as is necessary

mences practigally instantaneous- with thie been the introduction of a smaller deflections and higher new technique as represented periodicity characteristic of the by the Rotoflo, in which dam-old-style suspension. ping effect is obtained by the resistance to flow of a plastic filling in place of the more familiar friction or hydraulic

means.

Recently, a new type of Roto- fo known as the G.1 has been Introduced with the object of widening still further the scope

of these shock absorbers,

A further point is that the G.

is less sensitive to adjustment, which, as before; is effected by means of an adjusting screw in the rotor end, which increases or decreases the internal pressure.

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ITALIAN RACING CARS

Rome, April 14. Italy has opened her autome- bile racing season with four midget speed cars-stiil under wraps.

new

They are tlay racers of the "Formula Three" class just up- proved last year for international compétition,

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Formula One and Two are the Household

standard heavler racers-"For"

mula Three" is for midgets weighing 200 kilos (440 pounds). Their motors, which cannot exceed 500 cubic centimetros cylinder displacement, have leas power than an ordinary heavy type motorcycle.

Italy has cars like that; but they were never designed for racing.

Fiat's

Little Topolino (the Mickey Mouse) han ង 300-ce engine, but was not meant speed competition,

The

fot

Moretti factory put out a 450-ce model last year, but only had sample production,

Thus, for midget racing, Italy IB entering the Acid Trailing France, Britain, Sweden and so- veral other producers of tiny speedsters.

regard

Italian racing

circles the British Marwyns and Coopers a excellent cars of this class. France's Deutsch-Bonnet also is highly regarded.

on

Italian speed cer producers worked through last winter the models they expect to enter. But so far little is known of their performance.

Count Lurani is believed to have completed a Nibbio 500 for the now class, And Taraschi has tested a new Urania 500,

So far-no one knows what they will do in competition.—-As- Bociated Press,

HKAA issues new

motorist handbook

This makes it less adaptable as of the HKAA Handbook is

The second post-war issue volue to motorista in the Colony. Many local motorists would do variety of cars, but more suit- just out from the printers the nine pages or so devoted to well to make a careful study of able, by reason of. Its other char- and is now available for free" The lighway Code and to cn- acteristics, as original equipment distribution to all the 1,300 deavour to put into practice the for new cars or as a replacement This model is an addition

excellent recommendations Con- unit in certain specille cases.

members of the Association. tained in that the range and does not supersede

code which is Advice on the most appropriate Tils your's edition contains addressed not only to motorists, the original A type, which con- type for any particular car Is many innovations, Improvements but also to tinues to be more

pedestrians and suitable for obtainable from the makers, and additions and all those con- cyclists. certain purposes.

Universal Dampers, Ltd., Cran- cerned with its publication are more Boulevard, Shirley, Bir- certainly to be congratulated on

to

Regulations

mingham. The conversion. once its general excellence. The at the "Vehicle

Some 40 pages are devoted_to

every motor-

and Traffic Re-

ist should have some knowledge gulations" and these also uro of the utmost valuo

of the Regulations governing the use of his vehicle,

As before, the entire casting is Alled under pressure with unvul- canised synthetic rubber (buin- the old shock absorbers have been innovation that will strike the dieno styrene copolymer to the removed, normally technically minded-or just plain than half an hour, including colour of the cover: in the past takes less observant reader is the change of "Goo" to Rotofle operatives) and broaching the main arof to fit the the Association's Handbook has the damping effect le obtained by new rotor and rebushing the always been issued with a cover arranging suitable_means_to_key_links.

printed black on red; for the this fling to

the

fixed outer

first time this year the cover is in

̈A ̄long" ̄ ̄Travel "Section"-will casing on the one hand and to

the well known

prove of great value to any A.A. colours, the rotor on the other, so that,

black on yellow.

*** motorist .contemplating taking a when the latter is moved by sus-

Then the title which in the past car abroad or ordering a car for pension deflections, displacement

was always

Home delivery. The "Handbook for Hong Kingdom and Australin are dealt United Kong Motorlats" has now been with in detail in this section and of the plastic rubber sets up the

changed to desired resistance.

Hong Kong Automobile Assocla- the US Bouth Africa, Casada, precisely descriptive title,

GERMAN CAR

PRODUCTION Production of cars in Western Germany totaled 163,523 vehicles provement over the 1948ble in

Handbook of the

which is certainly a more.

Denmark, Holland, Indonesia,

In the new G.1 type, which is designed for the mounting bolts common on post-Sale

Sales in 1949 totalled 159,302 war cars (with 3% ins. between vehicles.

On opening the book, the first Malaya, New Zealand and Stom centres in place of the 2% ins. Of the cars sold in 1949, 130, innovation to appear is the inclu-have brief mentions which will of the A.1), advantage has been 340 went to the German home sion of a very complete index and prove useful to motoring visitors. taken of the extra space available market, 2,636 went to Berlin, six from that one can

Included in the Travel Section glean at a to incorporate a bearing at each went to the Russian zone of Ger- glance the valuable

are also such useful items as the Information end of the rotor and to modify many. 4,871 went to the Allied to be found in the book which

Rule of the Road" in the vari- the damping characteristics in occupation authorities and 15,333 Includes such things as an up-toeing in which countries one drives ous countries of the world show- date list of Members of the

conformity with the soft suspen-export production was 61,201 | HKAA, details of car parks in on the left and which on the

sion of post-war cars. This has

the outer casing of the unit.

In 1948, been done by providing increased ears, all of which were sold. Sales Hong Kong and Kowloon and the clearances between the rotor and included 51,787 to the home.mar- hours at which these are patrolled ket, 405 to Berlin, 90 to the Rus- by HKAA patrols: details of car sian zone, 4,854 to the occupation cleaning services, chauffeur ser-.

vices,

car shipping service, powers and 7,365 for export,

vehicular ferry service, and a Prices generally, dropped, about

Maximum resistance

right, details of the various docu- ents required for taking car overseas and a very useful little section entitled "Do's and Dont's when Travelling Abroad."

that, six per cent, in 1949 as against host of other details of the utmost i 170 pages, concludes with "Hints

1948. The average

cost some 2000.

passenger

prices,

and

As will be appreciated, even

This year's edition, which has unvulcanised rubber has some

been increased from 150 pages to clasticity and this means Initially, a small amount of un-

on Fuel Economy some very ap.... damped movement takes place, car cost about £450 in 1949 and to consideration, locluding cur-propriate notes originally Inten- after which the resistance bulids the average commercial vehicle reney changes, raw

material ded for use in countries where maximum. up rapidly to

but equally war-time destruction of petrol is railoned The G type therefore provides It Is Impossible to compare factories and increases in taxes: useful to those who wish to keep that slightly greater amount of post-war production figures with

their petrol costs down, and somé Figures on the 'profits of Ger- further notes ол и Care virtually free initiat movement | pre-war figures, since there are man car manufacturers are not,

which contain suited to the

Maintenance" requirements Of too many factors to be taken in- available.

such valuable information

What to do in case of Accidents”; "Fire Prevention and Fire Ex- tinguishing and fro in motor cars is not as-rare-as you may think the HKAA road patrola have already been responsible for extinguishing two fires in cars this year,

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This most interesting book! dually concludes on page 170 with a valuable table of the equival- ent Metric Weights and Mea-

The map contained at the back of the Handbook is a great im- provement over last year's and certainly very much more attrac- tive but the Committee are aim ing at still further Improvements" next year, and hope eventually fo produce really good maps of the Island and the Territories.

"Although" the Committee are very, satisfied with 'the' ameliora=" tion they have brought about in the Handbook this year, they are continually striving for Mill; für» thara Improvemania and they would: welcome constructive cri ticlam, and suggestions for: addi tions; and improvements "/"which equld be incorporated in the next edition which I hopen to publish

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