LUXURY MOTOR-CAR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23044, 23 May 1938, Page 6

LUXURY MOTOR-CAR

[INDIAN PRINCE'S PURCHASE REMARKABLE FEATURES [prom a special correspondent] LONDON. April 30 At a cost of thousands of pounds a motor-car which is the last word in luxury has bcfcii built in London for fln Indian /prince. It is a three-ton sports ear ordered by the Prince of Berar, son of the Nizam of Hyderabad, who is reputed to be the richest man in tho world. The car was designed by a young Englishman, Ronald Robinson, and took eight months to construct. It is fitted with every possible device and luxurious gadget. The bodywork is painted in gamboge and wine red, the prince's State colours. His crest is emblazoned on the doors. Kach c-rest weigh.* 41bThe walls and upholstery are richly padded with wine-red leather. The seats are fitted with pateut soft springs. Cream leather cushions in various shapes are filled with tho finest swansdown obtainable. Tho Hoor is covered with an inch-thick wine-red pile carpet. There is a sycamore cocktail cabinet built in behind the rear seat. The glasses are of rare hand-carved crystal, the decanters have solid gold stoppers, sandwich boxes are of silver. A special air-conditioning system is fitted into the prince's compartment. The windows are made of anti-sun-glare rod safety glass and have rich red blinds. In addition to interior wireless, there is a radiogram inside the rear hoot. It is mounted on extending links so that it can be placed outside during picnics and shooting parties. The fcnglish chauffeur, the prince's only Kuropean retainer, has a choice of five different sounding horns. Two are musical, two are of the high frequency type, the other is a police syren. , Special tree-bar bumpers have been fitted, and powerful searchlights are concealed in the wings, for jungle travel.