CARS ON SHOW

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 97, 15 July 1927, Page 16

CARS ON SHOW

THE LATEST MODELS INTERESTING SIDE LINES THERE was a further attendance of 2,500 people at the Auckland Olympia Motor Show at the Central Wharf yesterday. This year has seen the manufacturers make a special effort to meet the increasing demand for comfort, and it is largely to this aspect o* the cars on show that attention is directed by the public. Never before has there been such a fine showing of bodywork and upholstering. No easy chair in a drawing room could be more comfortable than the seating accommodation in some of the Olympia models —and a greater number of drawing room chairs would be considered as more like kitchen furniture compared with the comfort offered in the modern cars on show. Engine design' and finish is attracting a large amount of attention, and in this department there is a great deal of variety. Some of the cars are provided with engines that at least appear to be complicated, while others just look like ordinary engines. There is one car in the show that must be one of the most simple-looking ever produced. One side provides nothing but a wall of steel, quite unrelieved by any fixing, and the other side is arranged on the most simple plan of construction that could be imagined. Another point into which the public is looking is the visibility from the driver’s seat. In quite a number of the models this is a feature that does not seem to have received as much attention as the remainder of the car, and the driver finds himself sinking into comfortable seats, with the wheel near at hand, and his view of the road almost eliminated. There are one or two notable exceptions, which are being duly noted by the prospective buyers.

The week has seen many of the show cars sold, particularly in the closed class, but the requirements of purchasers have ranged over sedans, tourers, and coupe models. There is a fine showing provided by the trades closely allied to the motorcar, including tyre and oil -nanufacturers. Of particular interest among the bowser collection is an oil fountain. This dispenses some eight varieties of oil from the one bowser, the name of the oil being shown, and the oil itself being visible in a glass tube, through which it flows into the container . This patent is worked by air pressure, from tanks housed in the bowser station. Olympia motor show will conclude at 10 p.m. to-morrow, so that the last opportunity of seeing all the latest cars set out for inspection is approaching.