UNFAIR CRITICISM

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 286, 30 August 1935, Page 21

UNFAIR CRITICISM

Comparison Between Makes

of Cars

Reference made at the annual meeting of the North Island Motor Union to English and American cars suggests that motoring administrators are apt, at times, to introduce criticism which may have a boomerang effect. If the leaders of motor organisations feel that it is within the scope of the constitution of those organisations to draw attention to real or imaginary faults in any particular make of motor vehicle they would be less liable to an accusation of partisanship if the faults of all brands came under review.

No country has a monopoly of engineering genius nor are faults confined to the cars from any particular country. The motoring leaders must admit that factl Jf they do they must realise that pointing a fault-finding finger at the cars from any one country to the exclusion of the rest is very unfair. If they don’t then they can be provided with convincing data on the subject. Persistence in the line of comment referred to is likely to involve the motor unions in quite a lot of trouble. They will leave themselves open to external as well as internal attack, one by the trade and the other by their own members, and both may have a far-reach-ing effect.