NO SURPRISES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 247, 18 October 1929, Page 7

NO SURPRISES.

MOTOR OLYMPIA.

Keen International Rivalry At

London Show.

BRITAIN HOLDS HER OWN,

(Australian and N.Z. Press Association.)

(Received 2 p.m.)

LONDON, October 17,

Three hundred cars, embodying the latest chassis and body work improvements of every important manufacturer in the world, were exhibited at Olympia on the opening to-day of the nine days' show. An outstanding fact is that no secrets were sprung on the motoring public. Every model represents a modification ov proved types.

| The cheapest is the seven horse-power class, represented by Triumph, Austin and Morris, all in the neighbourhood of £150, and the most expensive is a 45 horse-power American saloon at £34G0. It is interesting to note that British manufacturers are joining America in the race for medium-powered, mediumpriced six-cylinder cars. More than halt the exhibited cars are sixes, 2S per cent are fours, and 18 per cent eights.

While there is nothing British, American or Continental showing a radical departure, cars have never been so well dressed. The fabric and bodies hold their own, but the coach work definitely returns to challenge the former supremacy.