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THE CHINA-MAIL,- SATURDAY, MAY 27,-1950,

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CONTAINING ALL THE LOCAL NEWS

OF THE WEEK FROM THE.

"CHINA MÄÏL" & "SUNDAY HERALD"

MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS

The 1980 Buick "Special," which retains the finas Intro. duced last year, together with the "port holes" on the ban.

The radiator geltle nat.

Is worked into the massive front bumper (photo on left). The car possesses a powerful 115 b.h.p. engine and a luxurious interior."China Mall” photos.

New Buick "Special" lives up to slogan

By OUR MOTORING EDITOR

"Best Buy's Buick" used to be a popular slogan for this General Motors car, and a recant "China Mail" road test of the latest "Special" model bears out the truth of these three words.

The Buick "Special," which China International Motors are the local agents, is a car of powerful performance, excel- jent comfort and eyecatching styling in short, a car of which the owner can be proud.

casy.

smooth and

in

than enough leg and head room,, grouped on the dash-board

find front of the "driver and may be and seven passengers will accomodation In comfort. The seen by him through, the steering instruments and controls

are wheel.

CHILDREN AND ROAD SAFETY

immediate vicinity of

Big drop in U.S. car export

- Although U.S. "motor pro- duction reached the highest point in history in 1949, ex- port sales dropped to a new. low point for recent years, ac- cording to Mr. William Cronin, managing director of the Automobe Manufacturers'

Association.

Production totulled 8,200,000 vehicles, or 17 per cent more than last year, he said in jan. end-of-the-year report. But ex- ports were 30 per cent below! 1948,

only about: amounting to 280,000 units.

The drop in exports occurred, sald Mr. Cronin, because more and more foreign countries fight- ened restrictions to conserve their dollars.

The South American countries were the largest Importers oll U.S. commercial vehicles, while! the greatest number of U.S. pas- senger vehicles went to Africa. .

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"While strong home demand Rooms 316-319, Edinburgh House. Telephone 31224. since the war has miniinised tha effect of dwindling exports," continued Mr. Cronin, "the in- dustry is making every effort to keep foreign markets alive, since exports normally account for an important 10 per cent of the Industry's annual production."

Production and sales kept pace) with each other this year and the effects of the big coal and stee strikes were minimised by the motor industry's foresight planning and procurement.

Mr. Cronin gave these figures for the U.S. motor industry's achievements in 1940: Of the 0,200,000 vehicles produced, 6,-| 075,000 were passenger cars and 1,125,000 were commercial vehi- cies. The total was 15 per cent over the 20-year-old record of 5,358,420 vehicles in 1929. Vehicles on the U.S.. roads this year totalled 43,900,000. An average: of 780,000 workers were employed in the industry during 1949.

Because dealer stocks of new cars in December were at their lowest point of the year many

have manufacturers

increased their early 1950 production plans;

and many officials In the tri- dustry are optimistic that 1950 production will equal or exceed that of 1940.

You Should Know This!

A: These recommendations are

The lines of the 1950 "Special" are smooth and pleasing, and Bulck continues to feature

the "port-holes" on the sides of the bonnet, except that in the latest model they are oblong, not Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. A., goods vehicles, 258 with public round. The massive radiator Pickard, Director-General of passenger vehicles, 85 with pri- grille, which melts into the burn the Royal Society for the vate cars, seven with motorcycles, and per gives

the impression of Prevention of Accidents,at. a seven with other vehicles "eating up the road.

The Bulck "Special" is power-

recent address given before the two with pedal cyclists.

A review of many child ac Federacidents had shown some note. ed by a valve-In-head straight Accident Prevention eight engine developing 115 bh.p. tion on The Problem of Road worthy characteristics such a Although the model on sale here Safety for Children," stated (a) Eetween 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Is not fitted with the Dynaflow that in 1949 30,000 children is the most deadly time of the Q: 8 Why do oll-change TC- "WEEKLY, CHINA MAIL" drive, the motorist will find that were injured on

the roads, day) Accidents are not frequent manufacturers vary so much?

commendations of individual car gear-changing

The engine has excellent nearly 1,000 of them fatally. pick-up qualities, and high Saying that this was a dis- in the graceful figure, Colonel Pickard schools, speeds are attained in a relative showed that it was in fact lower

(c) Accidents are more fro-based on each manufacturer's con- ly short time.

than the pre-war years, the peak quent after school hours, rather cept of "optimum conditions" the Steering is Arm and positive, having been reached 1930, than on the way to school. best average conditions and And the

(d) Fatalities to young children agreement is lacking on just what weight distribution when nearly 1,700 children wer makes the car take' sharp curves killed on the roads. Except under tend to mount in March, reach these conditions are.

the abnormal war conditions, the peak in May, remain at a high number of deaths has decreased level during the summer months, torque-tube each year as safety training be rise to another peak in October, after which they decline until T-square alignment, porizing came gradually more general.

shiony coil springs on all fear five-year period of three-seven as girls are killed.

Statistics have shown that the the following, spring.

te) Nearly twice as many boys wheels.

especially dan· years of age is The full-width windshield

In conclusion, Colonel Pickard "cold, weather." "short runs it allows for the maximum of visi-gerous. The peak beltg reach

of road low speeds," "low engine tem- blity, while the extra-large rear

In the case of the four-year-olds said that the problem

Colonel Pickard went on to safely for children is the mool peratures," to quote just a few. window gives the driver an ex- cellent view of traffic behind him.

say that after the age of seven, difficult-and the most pressing

Since fow cars are driven under 1. The car's interiør is spacious the situation begins to improve which safety workers have to

solve

optimum conditions, it is the best There is more

so far as child walkers are con Diver, parent, teacher, polico practice to drain all at least every cerned.

and the general public have all 1,000 miles. Lubrication en- The child of seven-12 years of and

this interval age usually knows all the rules gut to do rather more than a gineers know that of the road but, carried away by present. It is not the least bit of proves to be the maximum safe

all the period for practically all cars. the natural impulsiveness of Rood trying to impute youth, he momentarily forgets blame to any one of these, and young childrep obey them. The teen-ager is the least of all to safest of walkers, but the mos:

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Twelve-month check.

During a recent

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RUBBER ROADS

The next 10 years will seo many roads surfaced with; rubber, - says the chairman of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company-of America, Mr. P. W. Litchfield, after inspection of the experiment- al, stretches of mach roads, which have been under løst for some) years.

The modern method using rub- ber, in road surfaces is mijn mik- turo with asphalt, and the experim ¦ments have "bonn apraiseworthy

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In addition to the good record of test stretches of rubber-surfaced read, economic fastors REO S Favour of the fricedased atzo, rubber for such purposes, eB WOL) production is showing sings of "ceedings/Tupply/dand addit putlets, pro parolarly

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In fact, manufacturers' normel recommendations are studded with exceptions--all changes, at more frequent Intervals are called for under "dusty driving conditions** "dust storms" "low city traffic

(To Be Continued)

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