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NERACAR

DODGE BROTHERS

ANNOUNCE.

Important improvements in the appearance and riding

comfort of their motor cars

SAFETY FIRST""

For safety, Reliability. Strength, Cleanliness "Economy the “NERACARTM stands unrivalled. “

The NERACAR” was not built, for excessiva spoed. On plain level roads, it will give a speed of $5 miles whilst an hills—such as the Chin Wan Hill-it will give a spoed. af 25 miles per hour, as proved in the recent trial. Considering that most people rarely go motoring, að more than 30 miles on level roads or 30 miles up hills, the " NERACARTM has a reserve speed which is quite simple.

The "NERACAR" was specially designed

to meet the needs of people who, in thơm daily amo kin and pleasures, find that what is really required is asreliable, fair priced, light two-wheeled motor car that will CRIST them about safely, economically, at a fair speed and without - the risk of having their clothing soiled by dirt, grease anit oil. The “NERACAR“ answers all these requiréquen and its gasoline consumption is one gallon to 100 miles t

Frite or call for demonstrations

De Sousa & Company, Limited. Sole Agents for South China.

2nd. Floor, St.. George's Building, Telephone C. No. 1261.

MOTOR

The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.

Registered Head Office & Show Room

Wong Nei Chung Road (Happy Valley).

THORNYCROFT

Once again the suprimney of the world jimons

THORNYCROFT

is demonstrated by the recent order of the City of Tokyo for 20 Two-ton "BT" model Trucks.

This order was placed after the Government had made extensive tests on the fuel consumption. 43 miles to 5 U. S. Gallons of kerosene was the enviable record made by a

THORNYCROFT

in these keenly competitive trials.

Une a Thornycraft user, always o Thornycroft boosters,

Telephone Central 3950.

MORE COASTING HINTS.

Engagement of the Indirect Gears.

Every good motor salesman knows the various parts of the car she sells. That's why Lydia Plunkett (above). New York society girl, ts studging anto mechanics. She was later a saleswoman at the benefit night for the National Child Labour Committee, commissions from which were donated to charity.

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But you must

NOTABLE CARS-AT

OLYMPIA.

Interesting Lightweights

Described.

The 9-19 b.p. model is of Brila more than one litre capacity, but the 13-30 hp. car, which is a new model for 1924, should be a useful family vehicle, its capacity being. 1755 cc.

And, midway between the two smaller engines, there is a 1020 hp model of 1,247 cc.

Hampton

A writer in a Home paper says: The smallest and the biggest of Although "eleven-point-aine "the four bare overhead. valves, is the most popular designation of the others being equipped with the light car, there are quite a side valves of conventional pat number of Erms, who have not tern. followed the general lead and The

is another made the bore of their cylinders light car worthy of particular

attention. the usual 69mm.

It is made in two of 98 ph and The Hillman engine is a case models, jin point. The Standard, now sold 119 hp, and while the chassis at the attractive price of £235 "altispecification would appear abso- on," is another, and the Riley ajlutely conventional, the apph third.

cation of accepted principles is.

The Riley engine has a bore of well carried out. I am glad to 65.8mm.. giving a Treasury rating see that a four-speed gear box: of 10.8, and bas proved itself cap has been considered necessary, on is no use trying to get into speed lever. If you have gauged able of propelling elaborate en-both models. second.

the speed accurately the change closed coach work with comfort Few alterations have been made In such a case you would have can be made quite easily.

and efficiency.

in the Angus Sanderson ear, and to get into top speed, slow the car If your judgment is wrong no Besides the bare chassis on thejerly complete vehicles are ex- down with the brakes, and then amount of pressure will get the stand at Olympia, there is quite bibited. get into second speed.

gea: in, and you will only make an imposing range of complete! It is interesting to compare the But if the car is only doing 20an utholy noise-even if you do Riley cars, inahiding a four-door, two main Overland models, the Imp.h. you can get into second not damage the gearbox.

four-seated saloon, and several one modified to accord, with speed direct from neutral by: For getting from neatral into different types of all-season body, British ideas, and fitted with speeding up the engine to the first gear, or for changing from The Riley company is to be con-British coachwork, and the other

[ itop irequired degree.

gear direct gratulated upon the good use they the standard American pattem. In the former C.A.V. electrical The chief point to remember is (occasionally esirable) the pro- have made of their stand area. that you will be far more likely cedure is similar.

Among the newer cars, the equipment takes the place of ¡to under-estimate the necessary pear in mind that the "bigger the Bayliss-Thomas range is inter Autolite. Danlop pressed steel over jump" the greater the need for jesting, in that four different wheels are substituted for the

puçcurate judgment.

models, all. within a few mil-original artillery pattern, with Finally, you should train your-metres of each other in regard detachable rims, and among a Generaly speaking it would be self to these accomplishments by to cylinder bore, are staged. The number of other alterations the found easier to get into second practice on a level road at slow 12-22 h.p. engine comes just with wheelbase itself is siz inches with the assistance of clutch with speeds. Don't try your first ex-in the official classification of longer. There is a difference of with a cubic cap-£20 in the chassis prices, and the drawal. The change can be made periment on a hill and a reason-"light cars without, but requires rather morefable amount of intelligent prac-lacity 2mm..onder the maximum English model, complete is priced

tice sacal 2000- anstre your of 1,500. Take the case. for example. delicate handbuy.

The best way to practise this efficiency. ! where you have started coasting

unknowa hit change -ix to try it firaratalog a quiex. level road. suddenly commerces to become speeds 00 steeper than you imagined, and First of all make the car do 15 you feel as though you would be mph. on its second gear." Note much happier with the second carefulty the "speed sound" ofi speed in-assuming a three-speed the engine at that car speed. gearbox. The procedure is similar to that described for the top gear, but requires greater accuracy.

engine accel-rate.

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HOW TO DEARN.

There are many

>Pre cases where igear changes are necessary, and

those some of

changes are not quite simple. But they can be done by reasonably expert drivers, and are very useful, says Capt. E. de Normanville in the Daily Chronicle.

down an

ROAD AND ENGINE SPEEDS. The first point to note is that the speed of the car is within the range of your second speed gear when the engine is driving the

car.

Now go late top in the or dinary way and accelerate the car! to 24 m.p.b. Atibat speed put the jchange spead lever ind neutrali

let the accelerator go.

When the car speed has slowed down to 15 m.ph. accelerate the engine to the "speed sound "you have trained your ear to know is equivalent to 15 mph. on second

and try to engage it gently.

FRACTIE ON THE LEVEL. In any of these experiments use jcar is already doing 32 m.p.h. ita delicate pressure on the change

If you know, for example, that the maximam speed you can ge out of your car on second gear on" a level road is 28 m.p.h. and the

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1924 BUICKS

jat £295.

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For the sixth consecutive year Buick has been assigned, first place at the National Automobile Shows which will be held in the United States during January 1924.

As has been the case in previous years, the choice of positions was made on the basis of the greatest dollar volume of business done by manufacturers during the year at hand. The fact that Buick has been given first place six times in succession is convincing evidence of Buick's leadership, and the leadership of General Motors, in the automotive world.

Buick. is now producing over 1000 cars a day-the greatest production in its history.

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