A MOTORING CAUSERIE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 January 1926, Page 14

A MOTORING CAUSERIE.

INCREASED BRITISH EXPORTS Hollowing on the British Olympia, o 1 October, the Scottish Motor Exhibition opened in Edinburgh on November There were 79 different makes represented, and of these 46 were British productions. Twenty-three were Conformance nearly equalling that of Arne rican makes. A pleasing feature of the exhibition is that several British firms were showing chasses designed after consideration of 'colonial demands. vvnile it is appreciated that almost any British car will “make good” overseas, these ‘ ‘ Dominion ’ ’ models are particularly attractive since they have a power performance nearly equally that of American cars, together with that superior workmanship which characterises to many English automobiles. The sales of two famous makes i f British cars in Auckland, lately, suffi ;a to indicate that there m going to be a marked increase in English cars during 1926. Board of Trade returns reveal a steady increase in Britain’s oversees motor trade. For the nine months ended September 30, 1924, tne export values were £4,518,956 and in 1925 they were £6,787,841, an increase of about two and a quarter millions. Inasmuch as the 1925 figure is more than four millions greater than that for 1923, there is every reason why the motor manufacturer should consider his prospects good. In every way the British car is getting more suitable for overseas conditions, and at the same tiu-.e these conditions are becoming more appropriate to the use of the economical moderate-powered vehicle.