A WONDER CAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 48, 26 February 1929, Page 17

A WONDER CAR.

DEVELOPS 260 HORSE-POWEB. M«'»NSTEK FOR THE OWNERDRIVER. The nio«t r rcarkable -ar :n the w-irld — entirely :: j w in autoThis is the ■haim made th r a model which was shown at the Automobile Salon in New York. ju*t concluded, aai xhlch has set all America talking. Two years ifr. E. L. Cord, already a ' '~ : z noise" :n "-he motor industry of th-» United State*, announced his pur--.-p of bahdinc the be-t motor car in -he W'.-rld. He gave F. E. Du*enberz. a ,V.!..tu- builder of racing .'ar-. a free h.±:t• 1. and the cr mt shc-wn :« the r-:-l.llt. Not a Racer'. it •« not a :ar. altnjush capihie of vg.• v h.ia soee-I. The engine is -•t-d a: -iJ-h-p. and develops 2<30-ii.p.. ' lit will drive the car at any speed :n two to a hundred miles an hour •v ill ii.-. y.) miles an h-rar -:a sec-.nd r-.i: . There are eight oylinder- In i>e a:; : I iour \ "•> •••y_r.de.. j Y a t th;- monster —it ha* the longe«: - wnee.base >.»r ai'.v Amerif.-an - ar—i ; j 12tended for the "..wner-driver." Excep: j for deaninr. it s. arcely r.eeds a .hau: I :'ei:r'* attenti- ns. Every bit of thi :ne.'h;iul«m. all moving part.* of th- | chassis, are automatically luorioated by j the engine, which pump* the proper i amount of oil into the joint or bearing i every 75 miles. | On the dashboard are a set of tell-tale j i.ghts to show whether the oil-pump ii dur.g its job Another «et 01 | lights tells the driver to change the oi i in the «ump every 7<>• > miles and t< ! "top ud" hi* batterie® with distillec I water every 1401 1 miles. j The chassis mice of th - -ar - ilT0«) i