LIGHT CABS ARE ECONOMICAL CARS.
iSow that motoring is no longer the exclusive pastime of tho very rich, and now that tho motor car is coming to be regarded moro as a business necessity than a spare time luxury, the massive heavy high-priced cars of by-gone years aro giving way before moderated priced and economical light car. The light car is light on tyres and light on petrol, 1 and can accomplish moro with a comparatively small normal horse-power than a heavy car with an engine of high power. Wo are catering very fully this season for the light car demand, and wo at present carry full stocks of the best French and British light cars. Of particularly attractive design is the dainty two-seater torpedo bodied 4-cylmder 8.12 h.p. Clement Bayard, bmJt by the celebrated of French firms. This car will seat three at a pinch, and is n grand little hill-climber. Its French price is £186 to which we only add tho cost of importation. Then thcro is that exceptionally pretty car tho famous 1912-13 four-seater 4-Wlin-dcr 11.15 h.p. torpedo-bodied Hum?J.Or,V ant* wn'c!l - Spi'S in England at £285 A two-seated model sells in England at £270 each inclusive of hood .shield and Jamps. Wo add only tho importing charges. Then for those who desire their cars "built to order" with '2. 3, 4, or 5 seator bodies wo stock tho Clement-Bayard 10.15 h.p. 4cylinder chasis. Tho French price* without tyres is 5250 francs, equal to £210, to which we add importing charges. A i better and stronger chasi's was never constructed. We stock all necessary lma\ P oarv\ Wo hnVO flbo in stof* the 1912-13 light model Studobakor-Fland-er.q delivery car 20 h.p. which wo sell complete at £295. Call and sco our light-weight cars at lowest prices. Adams, Ltd., The Avenue, Wanganui'
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 24 October 1912, Page 4
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