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The spirit of Bl ■ ' • < ' 'j ' ' ' \r— GRAN t T U RI S M lives on I "" s part IV — coach building j iirr. , I ■ - -i MQBaSaamß Before the days of the motor cat; the^P r ’ va “- o *y “The Cressida, the Japanese BMW which equals can easily™! attained’witifcare But what do a few § owned coach was very much a reflection o o the German car > s paint finish, has equally small drops o f petrol, more or less, matter to the proud owner t s e n taSt f rh nd h W M th I° f f he f ° nnrinp that P ansl 9 a P s and sharoS the best <l uallt y {eel with of ifke this? ... it moves with might and majesty ii 1762 George Hl’s StattCoa!h cost £7,6 5 2 8 of ’ - Modern Motor, .r , - th e King’s Highway at the slightest touch of which a staggering £2,500 was paid to the carver of Until the 1900’s the technique of coach building the accelerator pedal . . . ) ornamentation. - was very much as it always had been — whether Today, when “. . . a few drops of petrol do the vehicle was literally horse powered, or whether matter, owners of the Cressida GLX 2.8 i will be ' ~ it was powered by an internal combustion.engine, delighted to find a micro computer to maximise ' , !■’ ■' the principles remained the same — steel or ash engine performance and minimise fuel consumption ■ Vir " ' 4 wood chassis with the body bolted to it. Then, in —by the flick of a switch on the automatic shift, ~11 - /& the first years of the twentieth century, the twin you can also select the operating mode of the J . z, cylinder Lanchester car came along — here, for the transmission from Economy, Power or Normal. And first time, was a vehicle where body and mechanics now it is possible to move “with might and 1 $ ,<> were considered as a single entity; its frame was of majesty” without touching the accelerator pedal — “11 pressed steel which provided all the strength the Cressida GLX 2.8 i features Cruise Control which, . '^****————required, with far less weight. if you wish it to, automatically holds the car at a I Power to weight ratios have been an issue ever pre-set speed up hill and down dale. .SSif ,•• 111. ,11 ■■■;../ the C Cre n ssidJ e t! U peXm Two hundred and twenty four years later, the all new designers of the Lanchester would have stared wide- Sat Vast fSSTmtn'bSld linteh3 Cressida GLX 2.8 i continues the tradition, reflecting eyed at the Cressida streaking from 0-100km/h in and at tbem ,! J^e Mav 1986 as it does, both the taste of the owner as well as the just under 11 seconds. And the inevitable look luxury appointments , . . MOOern MOiOF, May itfOa, skills of the builder. Whilst the proud owner of the under the bonnet would have just about made their Jn the rnic j Thirties, a further milestone in the new Cressida will not find any carved eyes pop out of their heads — electronic fuel history of coachwork was passed, with the introduction ornamentation (!) he will find unabashed luxury, injection, twin overhead cams and a computer to of the new Cord 810 —- this remarkable front wheel both externally as well as internally — breathe long monitor, self diagnose and adjust engine drive vehicle, designed by Gordon Buehrig, had the smell of real leather in those deeply cushioned performance constantly for top fuel efficiency and sweeping mudguards, retractable head lights, which buttoned seats and enjoy the unmistakable warm performance — impressive to say the least! could be wound in and out of the wings by hand, springiness of cut pile, colour toned carpet. But,getting back to the Lanchester, it was still and no running board. The fascia panel had aircraft Again looking at the heritage of coach building, only a step or so away from the traditional type instruments with indirect green lighting — the very first car bodies had to be beautifully built horsedrawn carriage — major steps forward in the extremely radical for the time but, in fact, they to withstand the stresses and strains from roads history of coach building came with the Golden were just that, aircraft instruments, bought in a job which, till then, had only to cope with people on Age of Gran Turismo. The Twenties and Thirties lot to keep down the price of the car! foot horses, and the occasional coach and four. were an era when the wealthy were able to indulge The owner o f t h e new CJressida GLX 2.8 i will be Bv the turn of the Century as engines became less themselves in a new type of vehicle - one delighted to hear that no Such economies have been noisy squeaks andl sounds from bodywork became performance-bred on the race track but wtth every m J e to his dash featuring as it does a complete evermore apparent. Sound proofing 7 hadn’t really refinement of comfort and luxury befitting this new digkal readout which graphically monitors and been considered then, and if you wanted a quieter breed of motorist. Money was of no consequence in displays the vehicle’s operating conditions. To his vehicle the solution was to buy an electric car or developing the ultimate Gran Turismo car — some left the driver will aiso find contro i s f or the airpven a “steamer” models of Hispano-Suiza, for instance, had bodies conditioning as well as those for a very sophisticated . • . „ ■ built completely of wood — curved, smoothed and radio cassette olaver with graphic equalizer. Precision in coach building is very evident in the heavily varnished; others like the magnificent There’s a lot more to tell vou about the new Cressida and very necessary in a car capable of Grosvenor-bodied 30/98 Vauxhall E-type of 1921, ' rJS ri X and i s Lroud Gran TUrismo speeds up to 185km/h — performance and handling conventional in polished aluminium, but Cressida GLX 2.8 i and its proud Gran iunsmo characteristics which Modern Motor magazine has as eTeoaT /An tXer rS “The tyres are heritage, but the very best person to tell you is your compared to that of the BMW 525 e. ,ust as elegant ‘ (An ° Wner reCallS ’ ’ Ine ty Cable-Price Toyota dealer - Call in and see him today. TOYOTA | Toyota Christchurch, 26-28 Tuam Street, Telephone 797-840 ,