PRINCES AT THE WHEEL

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 16 November 1929, Page 15

PRINCES AT THE WHEEL

I.LRST-CLASS DRIVERSThe Prince of Wales and his younger brother, Prince 'George, have both got new cars. They are of the same type, and were built by one of the best known of the British manufacturers who specialises in high-speed sports cars. Prince George has always used this make of car, and recently lent his brother his old model. The Prince was so pleased with its performance that he ordered a car for his own use when Prince George bought his new one. Both cars are low-built black fabric saloons whose looks belie their power. A story is told of how the Prince, as anxious as any new owner to ‘‘see what she can do,” took the wheel late at night on a run back from Maidenhead. The speedometer touched 83 miles an hour before the Royal driver was satisfied that the engine lived up to its reputation. It is Prince 'George, however, who owns the speed model. He is wellxnown among the entourage of the [court as a first-class driver and a lover of speed, and only the fastest possible car will satisfy him. Beneath the huge 'black bonnet oi his British model is a straight-eight engine of the most up-to-date British design, with twin carburetters. It will tick over slowly with something of the regular precision of a steam engine, and at a touch of the accelerator will roar into thousands of revolutions to I the minute, giving a maximum speed of over ICO miles an hour.