OLYMPIA 1935

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21631, 15 November 1935, Page 10

OLYMPIA 1935

i NEW CARS ON SHOW J | VALUE OF EXHIBITION | i IMI'HOVEMJiNTS INDICATED IN j I LATER MODELS j i | I V.'ocr. liae crowd has riled out of j Him; Edward barracks at 10 o'clock | '-'.-morrow evening, the lights will go ; cewn on Olympia 1935, for the last. 1.i:,:. A day or two. and all. the cars viil have gone from their gay iUV ~ ! ...endings and ihe barracks will ac- j ,eie-; th.eh: customary sombrencss : ; Lain. Olympia. in fact, will be over, but it term:, certain that Olympia in .-pi: it will fellow us for a time yet. j Fes i: iiccdea this (-xhibiiien to .-;nv just who re medcrn automotive j cogeaecrii.g ;.- heading. Many people ..mooy them motorists who earn liKo- daily bread by being mcterisis—have been unable to lind much that ;.--. impressive about certain features on certain cars except their peculiarity. But now. having seen this grand exhibition of 1835 models and having ,'ioicd the striving among designers n>v. :u-d a few well-defined puroe sos. thiy will "no able to receive the next now models with less of surprise and shock and more et understanding ;mci apprceiaik.ii than they felt when they received the models now on the The 111-A el tile next batch of ne-V. models is not many weeks' distant !i,.,!i the Dominion, and when i! arrives hero di.-cenung mcnorists will be r.i.'le in see that possibilities noted in Olympia model.--: have been developed i to cater mere than ever tor motoring j conditions in this country. Body de--;;;n. of course, will be where seme el ihe chief alterations will be made, 'out there will be further engine improvements and. probably, a change by some cars in the power to weight j ratio. It is possible, too, that methods of suspension oit seme ears will be revised. But whatever changes are made, they can be regarded as a further step > toward the perfection of the car for j colonial conditions. Tor motor manu- | facturers arc studying the needs of the colonies in cars now more than ever and are beginning to understand where peculiarities in construction are necessary, i The English Cars Probably the most pleasant of the i many pleasant tilings one could do at : the siiow was to inspect the English I ears thoroughly. Theie must be few i years in the history of British mole:" pio-ducilau to equal l!)3a for radical alterations. It seems that the manufacturers have concluded that all their clients and not only most of tht-m are i working, or being worked, toward a point where they will demand strenmlinjtig of the most advanced type, and so they have begun to stop making cars on the square line principle. Now we arc beginning to have rounded lines, angled windscreens, ! cut-away backs, narrower running beards, longer and more attractive ben \ nets, higher powered and snappier | engines; and yet the British car re- | tains its individuality. It is roomy, and looks different, and sturdy. : England lias given us some new baby ears this year, some new:- car. m the medium size and medium price !ield, and some new ones in the mo:' -. viuiHve cl-iss. One of the expem--;vo ones was equipped v. ith locker airj ad soris of other luxury appointments.. There will be few to deny that tlie most stately and majestic of tiie Jarge cars was a product of English, factories. What of the Open Car? And now a question to agents anct traders. Why are so few ears of the convertible coupe type, or sports roadster or tourer type imported to New Zealand these days? There was one convertible coupe in the show and only a few light open cars. The coupe and the other open ears admiration, but there seems to be less aroused a great deal of interest and desire on the part of dealers to sell cars of these types than to sell the closed-in ones. When the dealers were asked why ! they were shy of importing the open ear.-, they replied that the comfort e'.' | saloons had spoiled the people and 1 that there was no demand for ;myI thing that was not glassed-in. That I there are many people who prefer j ears with folding hoods because of | Ihe extra enjoyment ihey give in the ! warm weather seems to be deinon- ■ slrated by the extraordinarily good resale value et a certain kind of open i-ai which was imported into New Zealand in large numbers until about ', three years agio. Dealers admit that '■ owners of these cars seldom have any ! difficulty in quitting, in spite of the ; presence of the newer models; but ] there seems to be some apprehension i about bringing 1935 open cars I'espcci- ! ally in the heavier classes) cn to the '. New Zealand market. The absence of i the heavier open ears was one of the j few disappointing' things about the ! show. Colour Schemes ; If Olympia colour schemes may be ! taken as a reliable guide to Ihe col- : ours the new season will bring, it ! seems certain that the new model? I are going to be more attractively ; bright tlian ever. For light cars of j sporty cut. various shades of green, cream, cream and black, and blue ! have been used to effect: and some of the combinations are most unusual. Sombre colours have, for the m.ost part, been kept for the larger cars, which are generally considered to look bcl- > tor in them.