SILENT CAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 257, 31 October 1933, Page 16

SILENT CAR.

SURPRISE FOR MOTOR WORLD REMARKABLE FEATURES. The surprise of the English motor show at Wembley was a motor car vibh the engine at the back of the chaeeis. There was no bonnet in front of the driver, each wheel wae independently sprung. It had an easy-change preselective gear-box and a streamlined saloon body, built on aircraft principles. N-ever before had a car embodying all these desirable features been shown at Olympia. It is the car of the future, and it will take the motoring world by storm.

The car is claimed to be so perfect in suspension that it is possible to read and write while travelling at full speed. With the engine at the back there is an entire absence of noise and fumee, and due to the streamlined body a eixcylinder 16 horse-poAver engine propels the car at more than 80 miles per hour. "It is something entirely new in motor travel. You speed along in absolute silence, and so smoothly that you can write a letter," said one critic, who had ridden in the car. This amazing new car hae been designed by Sir Dennistoun Burney, who planned Airship RIOO and built a streamlined saloon car which was bought 'by the Prince of Wales. Sir Dennistoun worke in conjunction with Croesley Motors, Ltd. The price of. the new car hae not yet been fixed, but it is believed that it will be well under the £1000 mark.