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NOW AND FIVE YEARS AGO.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1932.

SPARKS

FROM THE PLUGS

automobile would accelerate from 5 Ito 30 miles an, how' in 335 seconds, The Hoakne Six 65' will accelerate from 5 to 30 miles an hour in 24.3

A LIGHT CARS COMPARISON.seconds, a gain of 33 per cent. The

Statistical evidence of the manner in which motor car manufacturers are meeting to-day's marketing de- mands for greater value is contain- ed in a statement made here by the Hong Kong Hotel Garage local agenta for the Rockne "Six.

The statement, which compares o modern motor car with one of five years ago, is based on engineering reports from the Studebaker Prov ing Ground at South Bend, In- diana, U.S.A., where several Rockne curs have been undergoing "Iaboratory examinations." Tho Rockne Six which was introduced in the United States at the 1932 motor shows is sponsored and guaranteed by Studebaker.

"Never before have the manufac turers offered so much for the money said Mr. White, at the Hong Kong Garage,

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Rockne 65 also was found to possess a 20 per cent, greater climb. ing ability than the 1927 automobile,

These increnses in performance are made without any increase in fuel consumption. It is also note-

worthy that piston displacement of the 1927 automobile was 311.2 cubic inches, while the piston displace ment of the Rockne is 180.0 cubic inches.

CAR DRIVING. SIGNALS.

"TOO MANY KINDS OF INDICATORS"

YOU CANNOT

"AFFORD" TO

DRIVE BADLY.

CUTTING EXPENSES BY CAREFUL DRIVING.

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change down is made in time. You will see many cars struggling up| in bottom gea. This is because a to change has been made and the engine speed has been allowed to drop to a rate where it has lost its pulling power.

Saal engines only develop their power at the higher rate of revolu

Best Workmanship. Over-driving is another prima cause of depreciation.

So many unsatisfactory devices to indicate a driver's intentions havo

Reasonable economy is the ordartions. beon fitted to cars in the past year of the day. Car owners can prac that the Minister of Transport bastise it not by cutting down their brought to the notice of all British milenge but by economical driving, car and accessory makers that in which is akin to good driving, the interests of public safety he may writes Harold Pemberton in he forced to make regulations to } Daily Express, prevent, the devices being marketed. Unofficially the Department has let it be known that it inclines to the belief that only three signs are

"Deceleration tests also brought out the superior values of the pre. sent-day car. For instance, the 1027 automobile required 150 feet to de- celerate from 50 miles an hour to a dead stop, while the 1832 Rockne | necessary: will come to a stop from 60 miles! an hour in 119 fect. In this test the figures are the average taken | from atops, under all possible con-

ditions.

Under perfect conditions

it is possible for the Rockne to de- eclerate from 60 miles na hour to a dead stop in 91 feet.

"My statements are based on re

Thus we see that from every ports from Proving Ground engi-point of performance-high speed, For the comparison, let us acceleration and grade climbing→ place a Rockne Six beside the present-day Rockne far popular automobile of 1997.

Our 1

outshines the popular 1027 autemo- hile.

The red light at the rear for "Stop," with without the word,

The reason why high-powered ex peasive cars last almost a lifetime Many hundreds of thousands of is because first they are built with pounds are thrown down the gutter meticulous care, and, second, be each year by ill-treatment of good, cause their engines have a big re

serve of power and only on the Bad cornering, excessive use of rares occasions can be driven all the brakes, the top gear fetish, over-driving little engines all these are an extravagance that wel cannot afford in these days.

CBFS.

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If you watch traffic on any const

Two arrow-arms easily visiblo! on the offside (right-hand) of the and during the summer week-ends you will see the money wasters at

car, one in front and one at the

rear, for "turning right." In the official communications the Minister states that while ho docs not wish to do anything to dis

courage effective devices, the fact that there, are so many, some of which are not easily visible, con-

"To get the full effect of to-day's values, is necessary to add institutes a danger to other road such things as free wheeling, syn. chronized shifting, rubber cushion.

irst comparison. is prico. The 1927 car cost $415 more at the factory than this Rockne Six of to-day,

"Now let us turn to the Proving! Ground reports to see how much more performance we can get for 8415 leas then we would have paided motors, switchkey starting, five years ago.

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nerodynamic streamlining and the ensemble, you find that the automo. tive manufacturers of to-day are doing their share in meeting pre sent-day market demands for 'more for your money," "

The statistics show that the many other features that make for Rockne Six gives us a 17.5 per cent. increase in maximum speed. We ease of driving, comfort and pride also find that acceleration is greatly of ownership. When you get the

For instance, the 1997 increased.

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Dad cornering is becoming more prevalent than ever, largely, I im agine, because people do not trouble

much nowadays to learn to drive skilfully.

Some people appear to have an idea that as a corner necessitates slowing down time can be saved by running at it and applying the brakes hard at the last momont. This is not only hard on the brakes, tyres and springs, but is the slowest way of getting round.

Reducing Speed.

Speed should be slowly reduced as the corner is approached. There should be scarcely any need to touch the brakes. The car should be allowed to roll up to the corner, and as soon as it is seen that thei road is clear ahead acceleration should begin immediately.

The acceleration should bo gradual. Rapid acceleration is a right for racing cars, but this and rapid decoleration plays the deuce with standard engines. The race- up, brake hard and accelerate hard method of taking corners has long been dropped even by racing, drivers.

By braking hard you throw the engine out of tune and lose time in "ravving up" again.

Modern cars will do wonderful things in top gear. The trouble is that drivers make them do too much. Some drivers boast of the wonderful top gear" climbs they achiere. This in most cases is a confession of bad driving. The lower gears are provided to savʊ the engine labouring.

To creat a hill in top gear with the engine protesting is an achieve ment of, which no one should be proud. A change in time saves do- preciation and also means a quick- ar climub.

Stream of Cara,

Last week I watched a stream of cara climbing Bury Hill in Sussex. On a few cars with exceptionally. low top gears this hill can be climb. od in top. But it is essentially a hill that demands an early change: if a reasonably fast climb is to be made,

Law-ancient-old-crocks passing fresh 1932 luxury models simply because the driver of the old cari had changed gear at the correct time.

Hill-climbing with modern cars so cusy...to handle is one of the few remaining tests of skilled driv. ing. It is worth practising. Bury, Hill should be taken easily in the next lower gear" to "top"

out.

The cheap British car of modesty horse power is also built with care and is made of the best materials.

But its maximum speed is not so high, with the result that many drivers flag these little engines all

the time.

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Some drivers will wear small family car in 30,000 miles. The careful driver will make his little car last 80,000 and even 100,000 miles. †

The difference in the mileage is usually just the difference between driving all out and keeping a re-

serve in hand.

Evan racing drivers, to whom the life of the car is a matter of indifference from the money point of view, endeavour to keep are serve of speed in hand during a (Continued on nest column.)

OPEL SALES IN GERMANY.

ANALYSIS OF THE BUYERS.

An interesting analysis of some 3,030 four-cylinder Opel sales. in Germany was recently made by the Opel factory, which indicat ed that business men, including wholesale merchants, were buying four out of every ten Opels sold. Shop owneys and bakers were the next most important customers.

Following is a tabulation which shows that the small Opel is not a car for a single class of people, but that it is being purchas- ed by all classes and professions:-

1. Business men ....

Wholesale merchants

1,900 180

bought 2,005 cars 41.0%

9. Merchants (shop owners)

Bakeries

430

137

60*

+

12.1 .

3. Doctors

Lawyers..... Priests

439

30

30

527 19

10.9%

4. Government employees.

Teachers

240

160

439

9.3%

3. Travelling Salesmen

261

08%

329

0.4%

7. Farmers

175

27

3.4%

157

3.1%

++

108

140 "

2.8%

119

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· 2.3%

50

87 19 139

1.7% 27

0 Manufacturers

B. Artiaans ***** D. Engineers Architects

10. Taxi Companies............... 11: Government Authorities..... Public utility companies.... 12 Others.............

Total

long road or trick race...

bought 5,123 cars 100.0%

Jcreased to an enormous degree.

It is only when they get the

This reserve is a safeguard. They, know that if they keep the engine"win or burst" signal from the revving to its maximum capaepita that they chance all by step ity the chances of cracking are in ping hard on the accelerator.

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