WHIPPET SIX ON TRIAL

NZ Truth, Issue 1208, 24 January 1929, Page 19

WHIPPET SIX ON TRIAL

Flexibility Strong, and Smooth Running Featured!

"Truth" is agreeably surprised at the latest Whippet Six Sedan. For a car which sells at a price within: the limits of most pockets, this standard tourer will please the most critical.

'T'Hll.nevir* Whippet was built to a 1 high standard of excellence; it was intended to be a solid job, thoroughly' dependable, and capable of many years, of service, and judging from its performance and specifications it will be found a real thoroughbred. On the road It is remarkably flexible m top gear v running, has abundant power, and is exceptionally quiet at all speeds. The seven -bearing crankshaft is definitely a step forward m light six design, and intending buyers should- take this factor into account. Apart from accident; the Whippet Bix should be . free from bearing trouble almost throughout the life of the car, and this is a very important consideration indeed. The crankshaft is drilled for full forced feed lubrication. The engine itself is of the new latest high compression type, but operates with rare smoothness, even at the lowest road speeds. It is this feature that makes the car such a pleasure to handle, whether m traffic or on the open highway! The car is low swung, and holds the road well, cornering nicely without back sway. Snubbers assist m keepIng the wheels well : down on rough going. " . A special word must be said, for the steering of the -sedan. It has a peculiar feeling of weigh tiriess, yet is very light. These characteristics enable the driver to hold the car remarkably steady even on a really rough road. There is a 1 complete ab«enc« of whipping of the wheel*

With its big. sturdy engine, filling the whole space under the bonnet, the car has; a nice turn of speed. It is not strikingly fast, and was never intended to be, but it can do an honest mile a minute, which is faster than 99 per cent, of drivers will ever have the foolhardiness to cut the atmosphere at. What is far more important is that at 30 to 40 miles an hour the engine sings as sweetly .as a humming dynamo, and wjll do it hour after hour, day after day.' The braking, too, is good and one feels perfectly safe on the roughest and steepest hill. Gear changing is easy, and the clutch is quite up to modern demands m regard to smoothness of entry. Now for a word on appearance. With many manufacturers making radical changes m style, the Willys Overland Company is retaining the smooth fronted radiator,; c . which has always been popular, . and the new Whippet can truly be said to have a neat workmanlike appearance. The body lines- are good, and. the bodies themselves well finished and generously upholstered. The extra mechanical equipment is also on generous lines, including .air- filter, petrol filter, automatic windscreen wiper, shubbers, and combination' stop and tail light. „ :'■ ; Ignition control is automatically carried out by means- of a governor. A special control is provided on the dash for use when starting the engine. After that the driver need do nothing.