The All-British Argyll.

Progress, Volume I, Issue 5, 1 March 1906, Page 111

The All-British Argyll.

From all accounts, the success of the Argyll car on the English and colonial markets has been phenomenal, and it is affirmed to-day that the Argyll is one of the most popular All-British cars manufactured. One of the items that have contributed to the popularity of the Argyll is its simple and satisfactory transmission arrangement and gear box, as described in another column. In addition to this capital gear box, the Argyll possesses many other features to recommend it — pressed steel chassis frame ; tonneau bends of pressed steel, carefully tinned before painting, thus giving a roomy body for small weight ; flexible engines, light weight per b.h.b., and consequently less tyre trouble. All parts are interchangeable and there is excellent coach work. Argyll cars have scored heavily m reliability trials from 1901 to date, the most important being :—: — full marks for absolute non-stop run Glasgow to London, won by 10-12-h.p. car ; John O'Groats to Land's End record, won by a 12-14-h.p. car, beating the previous record of Mr. Cecil Edge by three hours, twenty minutes. The car illustrated elsewhere is a 2-cylinder 10-12-h.p. giving 13 b.h.p. ; other types made are 12-14-h.p. 3-cylmder, 16-20-h.p. 4-cylinder, 20-24-h.p. 4-cylmder touring cars, and 10-12-h.p. and 12-14-h.p. 2-cylmder vans.