BRITISH CARS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1927, Page 18

BRITISH CARS

is over-driving. It is tho constant driving at or near, the maximum speed that shortens the life of the small engine. _ With a high-powered car it is impossible, except on rare occasions, to drive on full throttle, consequently the engine is rarely stressed. If small-car owners were content to drive well within the maximum speed of their engines they would find that their cars would have very nearly as long a life as the more expensive vehicle.

THE TRADE DELEGATION

The latest issue of "The Radiator" contains a reference to the recent visit of the British Trade Delegation to New Zealand. "The time at its disposal was much too short to permit of anything like a thorough investigation, but the most was made- of the time available, and the members of tho delegation were kept at :a;h pressuro all tho time they were in the Dominion. The delegation mado au excellent impression on the public, and from a propaganda point* of view the mission was an undoubted success.

"In Now Zealand, however, wo doubt if this was really necessary. New Zealanders have always been "willing and iiuxious to support the British car, and the' difficulties under which England has laboured of late years have been more or less understood and appreciated. Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpcnter invariably aroused his audience to enthusiasm, and the resulting atmosphere would have been most congenial for salesmen of British cars to get to work in. Such enthusiasm, however, evaporates, and unless the cars of the future are to meet our requirements, we won't be much further ahead.

"Each member of tho delegation worked hard whilst amongst us, and we hope that the information secured, though it was not so completo as we should have liked, will result in send-