The most sensational Wolseley... ever Beautifully styled, brilliantly engineered and realistically priced, the sensational new Wolseley Fifteen Hundred is designed for the motorist who likes to travel economically, comfortably yet swiftly. An exciting car with ‘overdrive performance’ on a normal, though high, top gear, the Fifteen Hundred provides long-distance motoring without fatigue and high performance without fuss. It’s amazingly inexpensive to run too, 44 m.p.g. at 35 m.p.h. Characteristically, body furnishings are luxurious, soft English leather and fine interior woodwork, in walnut finish, blend harmoniously with new duo-tone exterior colour finishes. Features include 1,500 c.c. O.H.V. engine. A low ready-for-the-road weight of only 18 cwts. 4-speed gearbox, ‘twin top’ performance in third gear for brisk acceleration. Independent front suspension by torsion bars. Rack and pinion steering. Large brakes. Central floor gear change. Deep-sunk centre, safety steering wheel. Right or left-hand drive. Capacious luggage accommodation. Twelve months’ warranty. I A compact, thrifty high performance car with traditional Wolseley luxury South island Distributors I \y Jr SOUTH ISLAND I \ MOTORS LTD., I Christchurch & Dunedin. I I May we arrange an early demonstration? Wolseley <s also the WOLSELEY Six-Ninety and the Fifteen-Fifty. W.Sf.l On display until Ist November at SOUTH ISLAND MOTORS LTD., 145 Armagh Street and at ASHBURTON on 4th and Sth November. EARLY DELIVERY FROM—SOUTH ISLAND MOTORS LTD.. 145 Armagh St. SHEEHAN'S GARAGE. ASHBURTON. MITCHELL'S MOTORS. LTD., BLENHEIM. McGLASHAN'S MOTORS. GREYMOUTH. I ♦♦*♦♦***♦***♦♦* ****♦♦♦♦♦♦»*»»♦*«**♦♦♦*♦♦***♦
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28422, 31 October 1957, Page 20
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