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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH." MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

PHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT »

BUICK WILL BUILD THEM

SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1928.

AN OVERTURNED TRAMCAR

Buick

speaks for Buick Quality and Buicks price spells Value

Smart, low-swung bodies by Fisher -Buick's famous valve-in-head six cylinder engine, vibrationless beyond

' belief —and Buick's Lovejoy hydrau

G$1610

Lic shock absorbers-endow Buick with the rich quality.

appeal of the most expensive cars.

And Buick (volume-almost double that of any other builder of fine automobiles-enables Buick to offer you Buick quality at surprisingly low prices..

Don't buy any car hastily. See them all—then sce Buick.

choice. Let the comparison determine your

SEDANS G‡1815 to G$2600.

Beries 215 four-mesenger Sport Naadster, Smart,; low-swing, youthful-a Ruick contigh mud through, 091525 Delivered...

COUPES G81610 to G82350. SPORT MODELS O$1523 10 082070. DELIVERED.

Series 115 Ge-pressuger two-door Sedan ident ear for general family use.

$1615 Delivered

Delivered

Series 115 two-passenger Coupe. A typical Buick Value-erpecially pop. ular fer business. &$1610 Delivered.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1240 or 1247.

33, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD.

New

HAPPY VALLEY.

Chrysler 52

So very much more for your money

IN PERFORMANCE, in com-

IN PERFORMANCE the New Chrysler "52" is head and shoulders above anything and everything else in its particular price field.

Not only because of its smooth speed capacity of 52 miles and more an hour, its remarkable snap and dash in getaway, and its low fuel consumption ---

But also because it is so much larger; its sturdy wood and steel

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Great New Soven body styles

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body is so much more substantial; its ample seats are so much wider, deeper and more restful; its fittings and equipment are so much richer and more elegant; and its colour harmonies are so much more striking than any other car with which you might contrast it.

Illustrious New 12

Seven body styles

CHRYSLER

Imperial 80

Fifteen body styles

A. LUNG Ở CO.

Sole Agents

19, Queen's Road, C.

Phone C.1219.

A tramear, in which 10 persons were injured when it overturned in Balham High Road, Londen. Jumping the ralls, it headed for the shops and turned over when it struck the kerb. The driver. suffered a broken wrist and nine passengers reported minor injuries.

NEW FUEL TRIED IN ENGLAND.

Claims of Ethyl Petrol Substantiated.

[By George C. Stend.)

Last week a new fuel was intro- duced to the Britinis public, known as Ethyl petrol. This consists of high-grade petroleum spirit to which have been added four other constituents. The most important of these is tetraethy lend, its parti- cular value being that it prevents detonation of the fuel. The other Constituents are ethylene, dibro- mide, halowax, and an aniline dyc.

HARMFUL RUST.

COMBATING A NUISANCE.

Immediately the paint on any

part of the body work of a car begins to crack or chip there is a passibility that rust may form on the exposed metal beneath and quickly spread under the edges of the crack.

CAR BUYERS' DILEMMA.

Many Makes of Good Value.

[By Geo. C. Stead.]

London.

There are more than 150 makes

Rust should be removed at once' by the application of a little paraf-of car at present on the British fin, and a permanent cure can then market. Several of these makers be effected by painting over the manufacture several models, so it cracked parta with a little, quick-will be seen that the total number drying enamel.

a very

to make his selection is A lin should be kept handy in the of cars from which the buyer has garage for the purpose, so that any

large one. scratches may be touched, up im- mediately they are noticed.

A.C.G.L., and Mr. K. Lee-Guinness, Few motorists are unacquainted with the names of members of the committee,

J.

Road Brotherhood.

:

In making a survey of the cars offered the observer is forced to con wonder how all the makers make a living. It has been sug- gested that the major needs of the

Can one wonder that the problem D.SC., of selecting a car is becoming in- There are creasingly difficult? several cars of different makes on the market to-day which aro al- most identical on paper as regards specification, equipment, and price. How is the buyer to decide between In some cases the

"The new fuel, as I have proved that an apparently, innocent action by practical test, practically on his part might, result in a con-motorist would be met by not more eliminates knocking, or prinking, siderable danger to others, hethan half a dozen types of car, but even on engines which are prone would take greater care in his he trade seem to think that 150

are required. to these faults. In addition, a driving. knock due to carbon deposit is also In order to instil this principle The general tendency "nowadays removed by the use of this fuel. of consideration for others, a now is to increase the number of models one might The advantages of such a fuel organization has been formed, offered, and not, as are that gear changing in less with a most powerful committee. think, to reduce it. One wellknown frequently necessary, driving is It is known as "The Order of the firm, for instance, having achieved considerably simplified, and the Rond," and the chairman is the great success with three models, intervals between decarbonization Right Hon, the Earl of Cottenham. each in a definite class. has now are lengthened. This fuel costs The other members of the com- decided to market five, the largest 24. per gallon more than No. 1,mittee are the Hon. Sir Arthur, of which is of 20 nominal horse- and can be used on any present Stanley," G.B.E., G.B., Lt-Col.. J. power. day engine without any mecbaní-T. C. Moore-Brabazon, M.C., M.P., eni alteration, hut to get the best Professor A. M. Low, results the compression can be increased by a notable amount.

An increase of one in the com- pression ratio results in approxi- mately 20 per cent. more power. If ethyl petrol is employed the compression can be very consider. Briefly, the idea of this organi- these cars? ably increased, with a correspond-zation is to form a brotherhood of resemblance is so close that the Ing Increase in power.

the road. Before any applicant is final decision has been determined The only drawback to this mod!-admitted to manibership he must by the shape of the radiator or the Fortunately for the purchaser, it fication in engine design is that prove that he has held a clean colour of the paint! if no supplies of ethyl petrol are driving licence for at least, three

He can al- available the engine will give a years, and that he had otherwise is very difficult nowadays to pure most walk into a showroom, shut poor performance on ordinary comported himself according to chase a really bad car.

the best tradition of the road. spirit.

If the committee considers him his eyes, put down the money he This new fuel, which is the pro- duct of the Anglo-American Oilt and suitable to be a member can afford, and walk out of the Co., Ltd...and is known as Pratt's of the order, he is awarded a showroom with a car, sure of ex- The point arises that, if greater Ethyl Petrol, was used by the badge, which is visible proof of his collent service. winning machine in the recent blameless motoring life. Schneider Cup race for seaplanes. he infringe the cxle of the road, concentration were carried out by The anti-detonating nature of the his badge is immediately with the makers, the buyer would bene- stand that the larger the output fuel allowed of the horsepower of drawn, as it always remains the fit. We are always given to under- of any particular article, the lower the Napier Lion engine to be in property of the order.

This new organization has the the overhead charges and the cheap- eroased to nearly twice as much

blessing of the Home Secretary er the article will be to the buyer. as its nominal horse power.

The effect of this new fuel on and the support of prominent This must also apply to motor-cars. The subscription is if the capacity of the factory is, the British motoring industry will motorists. be awaited with interest. The only a small one, and all money say, 6,000 cars a year, it would ap tests which I have seen carried subscribed will be devoted to the pear to be more economical to turn out demonstrate that it has very furtherance of the organization. real claim to popularity.

Encouraging Good Driving. The steadily increasing number

of mobor-cars in use and the com- paratively small number of those which are withdrawn from service obviously indicate that there will be a record number of cars on the

should be present.

Should

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out 2,000 each of three models than The idea is a good one. It is im-1,000 each of six. possible to make the world good

One cannot blame the manufac- merely by legislation, and it is turer for trying to cover as many necessary that the will to be good potential markets as possible, but the time is not far distant when Such an organization as this greater concentration will be ab should help in promoting better solutely necessary. So far-seeing behaviour on the road. The fact a manufacturer as Mr. W. H. Morris hat a driver does not wear the makes no attempt to capture the badge of the order will not, of Rolls-Royce market, and vice-versa. course, necessarily mean that he

road in the coming season.

The more cars in use the better is a bad driver, and ineligible for for everyone concerned, usere, membership, but may merely mean

During the recent abnormal makers, and various tradefolk that he has not applied for that weather conditions the A.A. tele along the road. The one draw-status.

back is that the greater the num- On the other hand, the posses-phones were working at pressure ber of cars the more congested will slon of the badge indicates that throughout the 24 hours, and the driver's road conduct has thousands of members were able be the highways,

which

It is a comparatively easy mat been considered by an influential to undertake, Journey's ter to suggest that better traffic committee to be of sufficiently high would have been impossible but control should be instituted, and standard to allow of his admission for the up-to-date information

obtainable at any hour. that severe penalties should be in to the order.

Yet another example of British flicted on. those who brank the

car efficiency is reported from code of the road, but the fact re-

official mains that the safety of the road The Automobile Association, Australia. Under the

road supervision of the Victorian Light rests entirely in the hands of the instituted night-service individual motorist.

patrols, has now extended its Car Club at the Melbourne Motor-

Day and Night Service.

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