VICTORY FOR ENGLAND.
"Everybody remembers how the team of British Talbots defeated.all mates of cars at the last four days' Christchurch reliability trials of 547 miles— '37 competitors—result, Talbot Ist, Talbot 2nd, Tulbot 3rd. What a victory for British defeating all the French, American, and English cars in the trial. The 15.28 h.p. Talbot proved to the champiep, and is sold complete lit £725. Th» magnificent carnag^,'certainly the best in the -world, i»,nrther,,expensive for some motorists, who, eomequently, nave bought ,m----.feHr.:ffake»'«fcars, owing to tho fact .ihat-the- 16*28 British Talbot was the smallest model then made by Clement Talbot, of England. We are glad to say . t&st this is now all changed. The firm «f CJetnent Talbot have now made a «se« model, 12-22 h.p., medium-sized --.c«r; It is a masterpiece of clever de- £ egn, extreme simplicity, has plenty of FvAoree-powMv and, -what is very Iras' portant, i* light on tyres and economi- > ett on pet»L iN The new 12-22 model is ? sold'complete, fitted with side entrance Svfeody to cany four or five, cat>e hood, four lamps and. all extras, £600. The price is very reasonable V: for each, a high-class car. The upkeep period of three or four years \wiU.b» practically nil, due to the exr.wl«Bce of the material and worJnnan- « J wurte excepting tyres. It is experts in Epgland tfiat .sthe new 12-22 British Talbot is the L^*|l, n »wo'M»»«d car yet manufaci' : WWd. Trial runs on the new. car can V?& M»»«»sed, and samples inspected at -■^SSPviS** 138 - 140 High street, ~'i«rtstclmTch, or at otir garage close to •pabore address in Tuam street. Tal-,;.Jwt-cars for hire at garage. . 6
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13610, 20 December 1909, Page 7
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