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GUIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE

BUYERS OF CARS

All About The Latest

Models

The following deserve your spe- cial consideration it you are think- Ing of owning a car yourself!--

"AUSTIN."" TE-10 hp, four- This cylinder Colwyn Cabriolet. car has a collapsing hood, which can be secured in any of three positions and a remarkable ex- ample at the low price of £178, of the "all weather" car which is returning to popularity. The stripped chassis; and the enclosed limousine which is sold at the small price of £650,

ALVIS. The new 20 h.p. three and a half litre chassis, which is a fine example of British motor engineering. Apart from the in- dependent front wheel suspension and the now rather unusual plan of having the gear box separate from the engine case, there is nothing unorthodox about this chassis, but a great deal that claims the adm'ration of the en thusiastic eng.neer. The Charies- worth Sports Saloon on the Speed Twenty chassis, an unusually at- tractive closed car of the Con- Linental type

BENTLEY.

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the most has been made of the body space is ingenious. The blue 18 hp. Special coupe with sliding head, which is certainly_one_of the best looking Mörrises yet turn- ed out.

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RILEY. The 18 h.p. elgbt-cyline der Riley engine. This is probably the lowest-power V-8 made in the 'world, and is one of the most at

tractive mechanical exhibits in the show, for its cleanliness of design, its compactness, and the general evidence of clever design, The - one and a half „Here Adelph! Sa- loon and the one and a half tre -Linx open four-seater, which cost £345. Interest will be shown in the 9 h.p. Merlin Saloon which costs £269. All the shown on the Riley stand have pre-selective gear boxes,

ROLLS-ROYCE. The new twelve cylinder Phantom III, the eng.ne of which can be seen. This car, which has already been dis- er bed in The Observer, has two 25 h.p. engines set in a Va angle of 60 h.p. and, fed by four carburetters. The resulting.com- pactness has inabled makers to shorten the car considerably, and the saloon certainly looks lower, smaller and handler than its pre- decessors. A very interesting ex- hibit.

The drop hooa Coupe, seating four, which is in- ished in black and grey with un- tarnishable fittings: for which £1,505 is asked; and, on the same cpassis, the white car on Hoo- per's stand, and the green closed model on Barker's. These three "are the examples of British; spe-

cial coachwork,

DIAMLER. The

light twenty-cylinder reported upon in The Observer a few weeks ago) which is fitted with a sliding roof, saloch and finish in black and Dlue; the new Straight Eight chas- sis and the sports saloon of the anne dimension. The chassis cost £775 'and the complete car *£1,010, A fine limousine is ex

nibited on a larger Straight Eight chasals, which deserves careinl examination. The difference be- tween the two chassis is that the lighter is of 26.7 np, and the hea-hydraulic, More luxurious exam- vier of 31.7 b.p. The front ap- pearance of these cars is very sxhtly allered, the radiator how being fitted with a guard which is a little" raked.

ROVER The 14 h.p. six-cylin- der "Speed" "Streamlined coupe, a particularly attractive looking car; and the 12 h.p. four-cylinder saloon finished in two tones of grey and blue upholstery. There' is no change of any importance in the design of these cars, and the ores are the same as last year's. They should be an attraction 10 the notorist who wants comfort allled with liveliness and well- proved design.

HILLMAN. The grey open Minx car, which is one of the most suc- cessfully designed touring cars in the snow, considering its size and power. The Minx for 1936 looks quite different from its predeces sors, and is altogther a more in- portant machine. The new six- cylinder. "Hawk" 20 h.p. saloon, which costs £295. This is a lead ing example of these good-sized British cars which are being put forward as an answer to the Ame- rican invasion. The engine has doors. capacity of over three

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and four windows, seating five people. This is a remarkably at- tractive-looking car, and its price. - £415, must be among the lowest ever asked for body work of this

type.

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HUMBER. The new, 18 h.p. six- cylinder our Light Baloon, which has a plain s'de-valve engine with a four-bear.ng crankshaft, mount- ed in rubber. The price is £480. The 12 H.p. “Vogue” Saloon, at £335, an exceptionally comfor- table looking closed car of the more intimate type with particu- larly

good illumination. The larger of the Humbers as well as the larger of the Hillman are fitted with the "Eventeel" ind2- pendent front wheel suspension.

JOWETT. The new four-cylin- der "Flat 10 h.p. Saloon at £197 10s. This is the first Jowett de parture from the original model of the 7 hp. Flat two-cylinder, which was launched nearly thirty years ago. Of decidedly modern des.g It has a four-speed gear box with a stent third gear, and the wheel base is 81t. 6in.

SINGER. The new hp. "Ban- tam" which costs £127 10s. tor the saloon. The one-litre engine "has an overnesa camshaft. The synchromesh geur nox has three speeds, and the brakes are

pes cost £135.. The 9 h.p. Inde- pendently sprung saloon, with full Your-seater body, sliding roof, leather upholstery, adjustable Hammock front seats. £199.

STANDARD.

The three new "Flying" models of 12, 18 and 20 h.p. These have particulary at... tractive lines based on stream- line effect, but none the less un- obtrusive. Clever body design is a feature of these three new mo- dels. The prices are £259, £299 and £315.

VAUXHALL. ·..

The -stripped chassis (these are still too few in the Show considering how much of interest there is to display), the "Big Six" Convertible Cabriolet, and the 14 h.p. Tickford Cabriolet -excellent examples of the mo- dern all-weather car.

75-HP AND 160-H.P. MEREDES. The eight-cylinder super-charged ve-litre "road- ster," at £1,800, possibly the most expensive two-seater in the world. The engine gives 100 h.p. at 3,400 revolut ons and 180 with the auper-charger in action. The four- speed gear-box has a geared up fourth called "overtop," while sec- and and third are constant mesh- ed.

An interesting point is the rubber mounting of the differen- tial casing. The independent front-wheel steering has what is described as "parallelogrammic arm action." As always, a fine ex- hibit.

PACKARD, Thé 27 hip: 8 cylin- der saloon, "at £495, the lowest- priced Packard yet sold in this country. A very interesting ex- hibit.

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RENAULT. The £193 12 hp. saloon, with the gear lever D arranged that the business end projects through the dash and does not get in the way. All the bodies on this stand for their wide thre-seated front seats.

LAGONDA. .... This is & last-min- ́ut exhibit, and one of the most Interesting in the show. The two complete cars shown are tour and a half litre Bixes, as last year, but they are now designed by Mr. W. O. Bentley, who was responsible for what many people consider to be one at the finest chassis ever bullt, not only in England but in the world, the eight-litre...elyn.

Bentley. It is a great pity that the stripped chassis was not

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shown of this car, of which -80° much will be expected by enthu siastic drivers and owners,

MORRIS. The new 25 h,p, sell- ing at $280. This is one of the largest low-price British cars ever made, and the manner in which

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HISPANO SUIZA. The cylinder which has the extraor dinary dimensioris of 100 x 100, a rated hip of 75, and a price for the chassis alone £2,750.

FIAT, The 1500 "spine" in- dependently sprung chass's An Interesting example of modern de-

CHEVROLET. The £295 Blue Cabriolet on a 27 hp. chassis,

OLDSMOBILE with an Enviish drop head coupe at £485, and the super-charged 33 h.p.

GRAHAM finished in red and black, which is certainly one of the best-look ng cars in the whole Show.

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MOTOR

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JOTTINGS

A MILLION CARS FROM HERE, THERE AND

IN TEN MONTHS

Henry Ford Fulfils

Henry

Promise

Ford to-day made good his promise of a year ago to build a millon Ford Cars In 1935.

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He did better than that. He built one million cars in ten months Total production for the full year 1935 will probably ruż to 1,180,000.

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One year ago to-day a newsp perman asked Mr Ford about his plans for the coming year.

"Can I print that?" asked the newspaperman, conscious that he had a story of World Wide Inter- est

"Sure," said Ford. "You may say a million cars or better."

In most of the raw materiál markets and the financial centres Ford's Statement was taken as the first solid evidence that American Industry was pulling out ́of the depression. In other quar- ters the proposition of putting a million new cars into the Auto-. mobile Market in 1935 was con- sidered fantastic.

During the last weeks of 1934, the Ford Industries were got in order for the new production schedule. All during December raw materias came in train loads. On January 2, the River #Rouge Plant opened up after the holiday shutdown. The first mo- tor of the line that moming bare the number 1,338,770, Pro- duction rose steadily and the whole Automotive Industry and the pubic generally have watch-

nouncements to see ed with interest the monthly, án. if Henry Ford would make it.

This afternoon, as Henry Ford'... and Edsel B. Ford, pres.dent of the Ford Motor Company, looked on, a Black Fordor Sedan came. down the assembly line. It looked like all other cars of its model. But under its hood was engine number 2,336,770. It was the one millionth Ford. Unit made in the United States since January 1,

this year.

"And now about next year?” A newspaperman asked Henry Ford.

"Well," he said, amling broadly, "you can just say we'll make all we can sell and sell all we can make"

Canadian production in the first months of the year added 68.000 more to the millionı, "

Mr. Edsel Ford announced that total world product'on of the Ford Motor Company since it was or- ganized in 1903 to September 1, this year, was 23,308,884 units.

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EVERYWHERE

A "BABY DIESEL ENGINE" AT LAST

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A baby Diesel engine of only

··1,000-c.c. capacity-(10-hp-tax- rating) is to appear on the roads, according to "Motor Transport."

One of these engines has proved so successful on test in a Jowett 10- cwt. fan chassis that it is to be put on the market. On the test vehi- cle it will run up to 3.300 rpm.,

Bo 50 m.p.h, climb a In 9 hill, on top-and does 60 miles on one gallon of Diesel oll at 1s. a gallon!

The engine is a Coventry Victor and has two Horizontally opposed cylinders. It has already been widely used, on account of its sweet running, for driving dyna- mos, anti so dh. in luxury yachts.

SMALLEST AND LARGEST CARS The smallest-engined car avail- able on the British market is the German-made D.K.W., 1 two- cylinder two-stroke "cabrio-mou- sine" of 684 .c. capacity. The largest is the twelve cylinder His- pano-Suiza, with a cylinder 'ca- pacity of 9.420) c.c. The cheapest car is the open Austin Seven. which costs £102. 10s. At the other end of the scale, there is to all intents and purposes no Hilt to what an enthusiast may pay. It should be noted that some of the expensive chassis are not priced with bodies. The cheapest chassis available 13 the Austin Seven at £83.10s. The most ex- pensive is the twelve-cylinder Hispano-Suiza at £2,750. The twelve cylinder Rolls Royce class's described in "The Autocar" last week costs £1,850.

Incidentally, the American Lin- coin is £1.450 in its cheapest form of closed car,

LEATHER OR CLOTH

We see that the Ford company offer cloth optional for the up- holstery of their new models. Aus- tlas and other arms do the same thing, so people can't really com- plain that they are unable to get cloth If they want it.

When the opinion was ventured that if more cloth were used Br!-, tish labour would benefit, we were thinking of the state of the .cot- ton industry, and were under the Impression, that most of the hides were imported. We understand how from the United Tanners' Assöðlat on that the leather used In motor upholstery to entirely manufactured by British labour. and mainly from British hides. Practically all the su table hides from the cows slaughtered in Bri- tain are used for upholstery pur- boses, but at certain times of the year when hides are in deficient supply, suitable raw materials are imported. Apparently

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and, provided the course is laid out with the types of curves, and corners which have proved most su'tabis, the results should be ex- cellent from every point of view

DRIVERS HONOURED

Recently a luncheon was held. at the RAC in honour of str Malcolm Campbell, G., E., T. Eyston, and the latter's co-drivers in the successful attack on the 24-hour record, Fit.-It, C. 6. Stahland and A. Denly. Str Arthur Stanley, In the chair, made a présentation to both principals, and there was on view the magni ficent Wakefield Trophy, in solid gold, which is held by the country to which the land speed-record belongs, Sir Malcolm being, of course, the present champion, and receiving a replica.

Bir Malcolm Campbell told how wheel-spin at Daytona reduced as instrument reading of 328 m.ph to 272 m.p.h. actual speed. and said that at Utah the only dif ficulty was in pulling up, even with a mile further run than at Daytona at each end of the course. Eyston 'told how the designs for h's car were only started last Easter, and how the sun blinded him at dawn in his attempt. The drivers used tinted goggles by day, changing while at the wheel to clear goggles as dusk tell. "Sped of the Wind" averaged 10. m.p.g. as

562 m.p.g. regards fuel, 15 regards oli, and only ten pints of water were used during the run daugh- ter). Both drivers paid a tribute to their many friends and helpers, particularly Reid Railtori and E. A D. Eldridge, and to Lord Wakefield for his generous support.

APPEARANCE OF 1936 CARS

The Hon. Sir Arthur Stanley, G.B.E., C.B., M.V.O.. EL.D., Chair. man of the Royal Automoble Club, writes:

"I have not had many opportunit- les of estimating the advance in the design of 1936 automobiles, but I am informed that the new models show decided improve- ment in coachwork, being moke comfortable and capacious than ever, and their equipment is even more luxurions than in previous years, and equally reliable. The appearance and line of the 1930 cars, too: have been greatly im- proved, and there is a tendency away from the purely stream- lined body which was a feature of many cars at the last Olympia Show.

"Generaly speaking, the ten- dency in design is evolutionary aiming at greater efficiency, com- fort, convenience and attrac

OF THE £1,000,000 is paid annually for treness, rather than revolution-

TOURER

Folding Head

Cabriolet Type

An outstanding feature of the new coachwork is the return of the open car. There can be only a few left, with the old-fashioned hood and side screens, but there are many, both in the car section and in the coachwork section, of the folding head cabriolet type which has long been popular on the Continent. This looks like an open car with the hood down, ex- cept that screens are actually glass windows dropping, into the doors, as in a saloon. When the hood in op the car is to all intents and purposca a permanently closed one. An interesting point about these: models is that in many of thém the hood can be half folded to produce the effect of the old fashioned Victoria hood."-

BANE OF VIBRATION GONE

British hides, and is an important contribution to the well-being of the farming community. The manufacture of upholstery lea- ther in its various processes is mainly manual and a substitution or cloth, for leather would, from an economic point of view, mere ly be "robb'ng Peter to pay Paul,"

ROAD COURSE FOR CRYSTAL PALACE

It is not extremely probable that a road circuit suitable for racing cars of any size will be constructed in the grounds of the Crystal Palace. The proposal is that two miles of macadam road with a special non-skid surface

shall be built to form a circuit with a reasonable number of interest- ing bends, and so laid out that the spectators can see as much as possible of an entire race.

It is obvious that the Crystal Palace grounds offer exceptional facilities for a thing of this sort,

longer discussed, the problem har- Ing. for the moment at all events been satisfactory settled in the

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ary in character."

WOMEN ARE SLOWER In the USA. they have a spa- cial apparatus which measures very accurately the length of time "a driver takes to transfer his foot from accelerator to brake. Used at the Illinois State Fair it show- ed that men reacted in the aver age time of 547 thousandths of a second and women in 604 thou- sandths.

CARS THAT FLY

Motcr Cars that Fly-A dying motor car is stated to have been demonstrated in the US.A. The inventor of this vehicle is Waldo Waterman, of Los Angeles, and It is built without a tall, the wings being so constructed that they perform the duties required of a tall. The possibility of rising over a traffic block would prove a solu- tlozi to road chaos delightful alike to pedestrians and drivers!

strong-Biddeley, Twelve. Plus, the super-charged Auburn; the BMW., the 15 hp. Buper-Citroen, the light There are few genuine novelties of the maker using each par eight cylinder Dialer, the super- but désign in general has gone the Wilson type, synchro-mesh or £100, 8 hp Fords (exhibited a

method-pré-selective of charged Graham: the 23 h.p. and steadily forward on the lines of plain free wheel Nor does it seem the Albert Hall, the bigger HU- last year's successful models

to matter w anybody, except those mans and Rumbers, both with Front wheel independent suspen-

who pay the very lowest prices their special type of independent sion is gaining-ground-in-this country, several British cars, such six, cylinders, or 11, as you should, litre Botchkiss, the newly-designed whether their new car has four or front-wheel suspension, the at as the Rolls-Royce, Humber, all you include the little Jowett 4-litre Lagonday the six-cylinder man, Singer, Vauxhall, and others. The bane of vibration has been two-stroke Mastra, the two-tre having adopted it either this year abolished targely by the use of MG, the three-litre Mercedes, the or last. In this feature, of course, flexible engine mounting.

new type 25 h.p. Morris, the eight- the American, cars are still ahead.

cylinder 18 hp. Riley, the twelve- with the better known Continental

There are about twenty entirely cylinder Rolls-Royce, the 12, 1 "marques' close behind.

new models, the same number as and 20 hp Special Flying ferent last year; Alphabetically, these tandaid, the 10 h.p. Talbot, and

are the Alvis 31 litre, the Arm- "the "Big" series of Wolseleys.

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