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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT SATURDAY, APRIL 26, – 1930.

SHOWROOM FIAT GARAGE

67, Des Vœux Road, Central, (C. 4821)

FIAT 520

Mod

6cylinders

SELLING AT THE PRE-LOW DOLLAR

MODEL 520 $2,550.-

AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CANNOT OCCUR AGAIN!

214

RATE!

MODEL 509 $1,750. A. GOEKE & CO. FOURTH FLOOR-CHINA BUILDING. TEL, C. 2221.

Now

The

OAKLAND

8

Product of General Motors

Arrange for an early Demonstration Sole Distributors:

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR CAR CO. 353-7, Hennessy Road.

Tel. C.1406.

M.P'S DEBATE. Law They All Break.

ROAD DANGERS. Mr. H. Morrison, Minister of Transport, moving the second read- ing of the Road Traffic Bill recent- ly, described it as "a great charter! for the ordered use of the King's highway."

Dealing with Clause 10, which abolishes the speed limit for light cats, Mr. Morrison said the fact had to be faced that the speed limit was not being observed, and it was an exceptional thing in Great Bri tain for a law to be almost univer- sally disregarded.

CAR DRIVEN BY DIESEL ENGINE.

There was no one in the House of Commons who observed the

Daytona, Fla., March 17th- speed limit. As legislators, they The Diesel type engine, ls to were not entitled to enforce get its first official test in an auto speed limit which they themselves mobile when C. L. Cummina-of had no intention of observing.

Columbus, Ind., drives a car. pow A New Psychology

the fuel. It is his marine type of- Deisel, but is small enough to go into a normal automobile chassis. It has four cylinders and runs la four cycles, like a gasoline en..

"In

It was a dangerous thing to aered by his own oil-burning motor. order to run the engine at·

a speed limit at 40, 35, or 30 miles down Daytona Beach.

which to travel.

an hour, because, if they did so, Whatever speed he makes with high speed," Cummins explains, they would inevitably get it into the this car will be record, for it is necessary that the fuel be tead of motorists that any of these will be the first setup for a Diesel oll is heavy and must be vapor- burned very rapidly. As the fuel specds was a reasonable speed, at motored job. Cummins declares Ized before it can be properly he will attain a speed of 80 miles burned, our process causes the

same power plant that drove him it is pumped into the hot com The Cummins engine is the fuel to be prepared or gasified two revolutions in advance of the time from Columbus, Ind., to New tance of 800 miles, with an outlay the heat of the air charge which York, the first of this year-a dis- pressed air charge in the cylinder. "Ignition takes place through. the idea that speed must be insisted of $1.38 for cheap fuel oil. The on and must be regarded as the cen-car averaged 27 mlies to a gallon to a pressure of about 500 pounds.

has been previously compressed of fuel which cost him from four and heated to 1,000 degrees

Even five miles an hour could be an hour. dangerous, particularly when a fool came round a corner on the wrong side of the road.

'

psychology to get rid altogether of What they had to get was a new

tral factor of danger.

The Cummins engine uses the

Fahrenheit, which is more than double the temperature necessary to ignite the charge.

Under the Bill third party in- to 10 cents a gallon. surance is made compulsory, and Mr. Morrison stated that the twelve bodies of District Commissioners old Diesel principle of compress

"A simple fuel pump, which s to be set up would replace the 1,928ing air In the combustion cham-

ber for fuel ignition, and injecting non-adjustable and which guaran- local licensing authorities.

Not more than one person must be a spray of oil, thus doing away tees exactly the same amount of carried on a pillion and the rider of with spark plugs and carburetor. fuel being delivered to each cylin the pillion must ride astride. "To But Cummins has adapted it to der, enables us to have complete Miss 1930 that will not present any automotive use with a special de- flexibility equal to that of any gnac- grave problem, and I am sure she vice for gasifying and measuring line engine." will be able to adapt herself readily.

to the new order."

.. Coroner's View,

Dr. Salter (Soc., Bermondsey)

said if the speed limit were abolish-

BRITISH BID.

TOURISTS ARE CAREFUL.

ed the number of fatalities would Better Top-gear Work. Local drivers, thoroughly fami-

go up by leaps and bounds. "Many

believed there would-be practically

a 60 cent. increase..

The dangerous driving clause in

ROVER "METEOR.”,

ilar with grade crossings in their neighbourhood, are involved in. more crossing accidents than

the Bill would be. as ineffective in. British car manufacturers, in strange tourists, according to a the future as in the past, because making a determined bid to capture veteran locomotive engineer. The the police scarcely ever brought pro-the world's markets, are producing tourist is more careful and usual- secutions for dangerous driving cars with larger engines and a bet-ly stops at crossings. until there had been a biter top-gear performance..

accident.

It has twin top gears and finger-

Mr. F. L. Jones (L., Flint), him- The latest addition to this range self a coroner, said that coroners is the new Rover "Meteor of had come to a unanimous decision 20.h.p. the details of which were tip control on the top of the steer- that the speed limit should not be made public for the first time ing column. The petrol is fed to the carburetter by a positive pump and· abolished, and Sir Gervais Rentoul recently.

there are hydraulic shock absorbers. (C, Lowestoft) estimated that It has been designed to suit con- The six-cylinder engine is of the from 20 to 30 new offences were ditions both at home and overseas. "most modern design. created by the Bill. -

The NEW

5102

ESSEX

Challenger

With greater power-quicker acceleration-faster speed-more economy, Distinctive in beauty- performance - comfort-reliability-real value

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ings, interior trima and hardware. Even the instrument assembly on the dash, toggle wind- screen opener, the dome lights, disappearing rear window curtain, the dash controlled engine starter, electric oil and fuel gauge, windscreen wiper, rear view mirror, radiator shutter control, adjustable seats, robe rail, ath tray, etc., which are included at no extra cost, fit into and harmonise with this new decora tive thought.

There is everything to be proud of in owning the New Essex Challenger. There is great satisfaction in knowing that no man can en joy much greater comfort or safety and that your Essex is the greatest motor car value you can buy.

HUDSON MOTOR CAR CO., DETROIT, U, 8. A. Cable Addrem HUDSONCAR

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