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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1930.

BEFORE GOING HOME ON LEAVE BE SURE TO OBTAIN

PARTICULARS OF

The

Austin

Seven

DELIVERED

OVERSEAS "

PURCHASE ARRANGEMENT.

Under, this unique system the car may be delivered to you upon arrival, licenced insured and ready for the road and you may use it for six or eight months according to the period of your leave. Before you return deliver the car to The Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Birmingham, where it will be packed, forwarded." insured and shipped without any additional charge whatsoever. The car is re-assembled here upon arrival AND IT COST YOU NOT A CENT MORE THAN THE CURRENT LOCAL PRICE.

For further particulars please apply to

ALEX. ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD. PRINCES BUILDING,

ICE HOUSE STREET.

'Phone Central 2487 or K. 1496,

“ANGLO-AMERICAN CAR COMPETITION. -

KEEN BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY.

the

The world in on the eve.of a. At the last show at Olympia the battle for supremacy in the auto-advance-guard of Britain's world mobile industry, according to ex- ers were seen. There were perts in England. The thief con- tenders are the United States and Great Britain, but Germany, Italy, and France are also taking part.

The war will be waged by desig- ners, manufacturers, capitalists,tention to "babies." and racing-men. There will be battles in the private sinetums of designers, in the research depart

ments, and on the race-tracks,

Odd Favour Britain.

At the moment, according to these experts, the odds favour Great Britain. The United States, it is eaid, has built near to absorption

declared by Ameries after Sir Houry Segrave had sprinted into the world's record on the Golden Arrow at 231 miles an hour.

Meanwhile, British firms with {' designs on racing. distinction are i choosing their drivers for the year's classics. It is. possible that" Se grave will stage a comeback at the wheel of a 4-litre super-charged Bentley, and his team-mates may be Kenelm. Lee, L. Guinness, and the young millionaire, H.R.S. Birkiä. It is said that, the six-litre Bentley team will consist of Sammy Davis, F.C. Clement and Jack Dunfee.

Italy, which did so well in the international races last year, and which will gain be represented most strongly by the Alfa Romeo automobile may count on the masist ance of twobrilliant British drivers."

The official team probably will be composed of G.E.T. Eyston, who finished fifth in the Royal Auto. mobile Club ister race last year, Boris Ivanovski, who won both the Dublin Grand Prix races, and Cavalier Camparri, who was se cond to Carraciola in the Ulster event.

There may be another Alfa Rorgro team, in which Captain Malcolm Campbell, Signor Ramponi and F. Fronteras will appear..

German Plans.

The plan of the German auto- mobile industry leaders to seck a law placing imports on a quota basis is not meeting with the un- animous approval anticipated.

Some critics of "the plan within the industry assert that Germany's domestic problems are of much greater importance than foreign competition and contend that the move toward rationalization has been proceeding without considera- tion for the improvement of the public's purchasing power. Hence the mass-production methods being adopted by the automobile indus- try are without point because the domestic market is not expanding accordingly.

These critics declare that the in- dustry has been neglecting the Tationalization sales and organiza. tion, while the problem of pkeep costs to the ultimate consumer have also received insufficient attention. They believe that while the quota system may give the home manufae- terers an advantage in the domestic. market for a few years it will not help the home industry to any exs teul worth while unless particular care is taken to improve the domes- its own sales costs and tie market through a reduction in

maintenance costa

awners

new Morris, the Hillman straight

Foreign Plants in Germany. It is pointed out that the quota eight, the Austin six, and there system is likely to cause many for

eign manufacturers were lighter cars of considerable plants in Germany and if this hap- to establish potentialities; cars which were bornpens the foreigners are likely to of Britain's almost exclusive "at-

outbid the German firms on account of their lower costs and more high- ly, developed organizations. More over, it is believed that other coun- .trics will retaliate with their own

man export trade, quota laws, thus hitting the Ger-

Meanwhile, American representa-

"Baby" Triumphs. troduced his little seven horse- When Sir Herbert Austin in-

power ear he had eyes on the cheaptives in Germany, except Ford and passenger market at home, but the General Motors who have their own Austin seven and the baby Triumphs, Morriscs, and Singers

plants in the country, are plan are selling 'readily overseas.

ning a campaign to offset the quota move. possible effect of the proposed

From the point of view of tae general public the most spectacular in her home markets, and trade | side of the war will be that in the overscas is now essential. On the international races.

other hand, the home market still presents vast possibilities to Bri- tain.

Britain has now begun to build the right type of car for world consumption, and with the promise of less restrictive legislation there are greater facilities for doing this.

International Races.

The first gun will be fired al Daytona Florida, by the English the end of March. His automobile, racing motorist Kare Den, towards!

the Silver Bullet, with a thecreti cal speed of something like 20 Britain could offer effective resist- miles an hour, was designed so that

ance to the challenges which were

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