p. uverse; the morf surely w . It is a 4-cylinder ower in r ■ffjjrl ■ 1 V m 35 miles on an Imperial gallon of petrol 55 miles, an hour—s to 30 miles in 13 seconds 4-wheel brakes stops in 51 feet from a speed of 40 miles an hour Turns in 34-foot circle—parks in 14 feet of curb space 3 feet 9 inches high—lower gravity centre —greatest safety • • room man otner light cars Beautifully finished in Appemne Blue No light car equals it because no light car is as far advanced in modem engineering . » ... 500,000 miles of road tests have proved its practical advantages beyond ail doubt. This new-type car marks the most important light-car engineering improvement in the last 16 years. # The OVERLAND WHIPPET is a complete new car . . designed and built as a unit.. .not an old-fashioned chassis reconstructed. The enclosed models, or the touring model with the cop up are only as tali as the average man Yet, due to unique body construction, there is actually more head-room and legroom than you have ever found in any motor-car of this class. The specially designed steering mechanism for balloon tyres; and the four-wheel brakes make steering easy. Its high-torcjue, 31-horsepower engine of small bore and long stroke embodies the same enginoaring principles used in the fastest racing cars of' closer to the ground ... with the resultant sense of stability an absence of that sidesway so noticeable in the conventional type Lf .... ft Ttn. »_ 1- f ■ t 1 J 1 driving security at the high speeds of which this car is capable. And with its wide standard tread it can safely take turns at a speed which would be impossibly in the old-J'ashiOned, highbody ear,or the small, narrow-tread car. Here at last is a motor-car that will run 35 miles on an Imperial gallon of petrol. .. well over 1000 miles on a gallon of oil ... with on tyres .. .and the smallest tax-rating of any car prod iced in the 0. S Exhaustive tests so far indicate that the average year's operating cost of the OVERLAND WHIPPET should save you from U.S. $75 to U. S. $l5O in petrol, oil, tyres and mechanical upkeep. Money that goes back into your pocket. Money you must add to the cost price of any less-economical car you consider. Ia fairness to yourself see this remarkable car. Drive it... find out for youcself its amazing performance. I k •l Mk as S I t 0. H 2m . 1, *AV A / 8 World's New-Type Light Car North Island Distributors: A. HATRICK & CO. LTD., Beach Road Auckland, TERRITORIAL DEALERS Adamsen, W., Wahiku: Asteance Cars, Ltd., fci Awamuto; Clark#, A J., Te Aroha Coho. c„ faneatna, Oavles, d., ttotorua; Forfow & Cc„ Taitrnnfia: Hart & Co., R..' ?ukekohe; Hayward Bros., Paeroa, Haurakl Plains Motors, Ltd., Kgatea: Home, L., Opotiki; James. R. A. f Whangarei: (Jeltrtstoo, H. V., Great Soui.it Road, Auckland. .Mnasscn, N., Thames jaiiiron & Erjjor, MorrinsvilleMcCarroll, 4. H., Dargaville: Multrus Bros.. Wark- " Jt* «. .r«« »*< .n t. _'j a. a :n u uu U/arln Ml <1 IV „,1, rs ut UtmßStuni nr. ureas OOUUS tvoao. AUCiUauu, <«., xuauec yFixi»»ts>w»» m kivsiot. JUOiTJiIBviMO, mvwwiuH, w. r*., uwKHViiie: munrus uryjn worth; Eoutsr & CO., W.> Cambndse; Pomeroy 8s Co.. Hamilton; Taylor. H. W., Henderson. Warin, W. S., Warkwort'a; Sutcllffs, Q. W.. Birkenhead W t tL Y S »O V E R L AN D- F I N E MOT OR C A R S
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19502, 4 December 1926, Page 12 (Supplement)
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