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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE JUST A FEW YEARS MAKE!

These pictures tell the story of a few years' change in the Automotive industry, At lower left is the new 1929 Buick and at lower right the 1929 Studebaker President Eight. Compare these latest models with their predecessors, the 1921 Studebaker at upper right and the 1922 Buick just below it. Then, to realize how fast we've grown, take a look at the 1912 Oakland at upper

left.

same names, but the great majority of them will be heard of no longer.

Five years is rather a short time [more improved models under the in the life history of a great industry, but the last five years stand out like 50 in the advance- the mont they have brought la Automobile,

The expansion of the industry, of the nation-wide adoption of the automobile, of the advent of the Thip comparatively short time two-car and finally the three-car! has seen the automobille transform-family, and of the widespread

effect of jbeneßeial ed from a

and transportation to a veritable parlor industries

mere medium

upon prosperity

other in on wheels. It has seen the amuli general-these are so obvious that eight come into use, the six become they need not be dwelt upon here. more popular and the four wane in Perhaps more interesting would be appeal to the pubile. It has seen n comparison of the automobile of the European type car come and go five years ago with that of today, -tried and found wanting by in order to show how far the motor car has advanced mechanically in comfort-loving public.

this time.

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In this short period, some makes of automobiles dropped by the wayside, while only 15 new ones camu into being. Of the 60 "orphans" sumne were replaced by

The New BUICK

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Many Changes in Short Time.

general adaption of—·

Four-wheel brakes. Ballon tyres.

Pyroxylin finish.

The all-steel body..

The high compression head. The air cleaner, fuel cleaner, and oil filter.

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Bohnalite, invar strut pistons, Rubber engine suspension, Chromium plating. Double-beam, fixed focus hend-

Let us review some of the high points in this comparative analyals,

In the last five years we note the lights.

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Safety ginos, single pièce wind- shields,

Higher power and speed. · Longer wheelbase and lower body lines.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16

1929.

and far more comfortable for the the adjustable front and" "rear' passengers. +

Boats.

In the beginning of 1924, au- From the outside looking in, tomobiles were sold at the factory the car has gained that sleek, price without the accoutrements speedy appearance. from ouch that go with them today--rear expediente as lengthening the view mirror, windshield cleaner, wheelbase, lowering the body into bumpers, shock absorbers, sun visor the chassis, widening the body and so on. Such additional fea molding and carrying it the entire tures as oil filter, air cleaner and length or the car, longthening atj fuel cleaner were: unknown then, the same time lowering the win- while today they are integral parts down, raising the radiator and of the car..

hood to the level of the molding, The motorist of 1924 had to buy rounding the top in rear and an extra motor heat Indicatorcarying it well forward, and which he gets today on the dash finally reshaping the fenders and board in front of him. He had to. mudguarda. into single-piece full worry about the sudden overheat-crowned type that become more ing of the engine because of the closely a part of the body proper. lack of thermostat which is part of nearly every automobile sold today.) He had to elimb out behind to acc how much gas ho had in the fuel tank-another inconvenience elimin. ated by modern 'ingenuity.

Driver Gets More Comfort,

From in front, the body is made, to appear just as speedy by the longer and narrower radiator and Motor 'Makes Big Advance

by the tendency of ahaping every Five years ago, the automotive thing in front back into the lines' engine was fur from the advanced behind. This is quite a departure product it is today-although to-from the pudgy, tacky lines of the day'a still has to go some for the 1924 automobile." best that can be obtained from it. Today the driver has recolved Yet, in these short five years, the more attention than over for his motor block has been cast in

comfort and ease of driving. stronger alloy, the pistons have Facilities have been given him in been made of more powerful order to relleve him of all the material than mere cast iron, the worries, he used to have five years valves have been strengthened go to keep the car going properly, and arranged so that greater power, smoother performance and The adjustable steering wheel, additional fuel economy may be adjustable pedals and adjustable gained from the motor's operation, front seat look to his comfort. In additon a torsional balancor The non-shatterable windshield, has been added to the crankshaft narrow front pillars and double in order to reduce engine vibra- windshield wiper look to his tion. This main shaft, the cam-safety. And such little gadgeta shaft, piston rode and wrist pins as an automatic choke control, have been drilled through so. that motor, gasoline and oil gauges on full pressure lubrication over all the dash, foot-switch for head- moving parts may be effected on lights, a universal steering wheel the average automobile. The en-button for horn, starting and carburetor tire engine has been suspended on lighting automatic rubber and all its moving parta "booster" for quick acceleration more finely balanced to afford help make driving so much easier much smoother operation than we than it used to be. experienced five years ago.

Add to all this the fact that So great has been the progress prices have come down consider- in engine construction that today ably, besides the fact that these Heveral of the makes of cars can prices include everything needed |be directly out of the factory al aĵon the modern automobile, and we speod up to 40 miles an hour, may realize how far we have Less and less aro dealers caution-advanced in five short years. ing buyers of new cars against driving past 25 miles an hour for the first 600 or 100 miles.

Body Designers Take a Hand. Even greater, as an improve- ment in the 1924 automobile than the engine, in the body. Five years ago' saw the beginning of a pronounced change in popularity from, the touring car to the sedan. nar-Body designers weren't ready for the change, so they merely slapped an enclosed frame over the old style of chassis and let it go at that.

Full pressure lubrication, Wider, roomier bodies. Increased visibility, dus to rower front pillars.

Double drop frame construction for a lower body. Cross radiation.

Today both body and chassis and many more improvements

designers get together and devise hardly secondary to those enumera motor car, not only comfortablo ated. Everything, big enough by to ride in, but pleasing to the oye. itself, was only a meagre part of Bodica have actually been the over-all development of the au- lowered, thanks to the double drop frame which permits thin, The

tomobile.

Had to Buy all "Extras." body has been widened a few As a result we have today a motor inclien, thanks to the all-steel ear sleek, swift and anfe, much body. And greater comfort easier to drive than it used to be has been gained inside, thanks to

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Not only instant but countrywide acclaim greeted this great new Buick on its introduction five short months ago! For Buick was new-new in style-new in performance- new in comfort.... And Buick is new today-its quality as unequaled-its leadership as obvious and outstanding as on the day of its introduction!

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