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You don’t have to be a fast driver to own For the technical, the engine is one and a ?a fast car. ' half litres, front wheel drive with hemisr You may like silent cars. And some fast pherical crossflow head and a single Weber ‘cars are very quiet. twin choke carburettor. ■ Or you may need a big car. And some fast For the space conscious, the back seats tears are extremely spacious. fold away to give you 251 cubic feet of spare f? Alternatively, you may put comfort top of room. Hence the fifth door, a counter I your list. And some fast cars are most balanced tailgate. >> . ’ “ > As for the seats themselves, Stirling Moss Very few fast cars, however, give you all ‘defies anyone to be uncomfortable in them.’ these things. And a six foot six farmer we know And only one will give them to you for as affirms his view. little as $4665.00. Otherwise, the 16TS, has all the accoutreThe Renault 16TS in the photograph. ments of an expensive, fast car. It is certainly a very fast car, with a top There is a night-driving mirror, a heated speed of 102 mph and acceleration of 50 rear window, an alternator and a foot pedal mph in 9.1 seconds. that synchronizes washer jets and wipers. Performance you don’t have to pay The brakes are servo-assisted disc and through the carburettor for, incidentally. drum, the suspension independent, the On an AA road test the TS returned 33J cooling system sealed, the fan electric, the mpg on town and country driving. tyres radial. Nor do you pay through the eardrums. If you like the sound of this, perhaps The TS has been very well insulated and, you’d care to test drive a very fast estate; above all, well engineered. car. Or a comfprtable GT. Or a commodious The engine note resembles an electric saloon, turbine somewhere in a distant room. It’s all the same to us. ? Few other estate cars are as fast Few other GT’S are as comfortable. r Few other saloons carry as much luggage. 11 ASHBURTON: Ashburton Implement Services Ltd., East St., Ph. 7059 CHRISTCHURCH: Federal Motors Ltd, 96 Manchester St Ph. 62-238 HOKITIKA: Central Motors (Hokitika) Ltd, 53 Revell St, Ph. 1174 Distributed by Campbell Motor Imports Ltd, LMVD Auckland, over 42 authorised dealers throughout N.Z. THE RENAULT AGENTS FEDERAL. MOTORS LTD. 96 MANCHESTER ST. PHONE 62-638 L.M.V.D.