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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 5

Drive the car that established 10 world records 5000 miles in less than 5000 minutes! A STUDEBAKER BIG SIX Only by owning a Commander can you avoid taking Commander dust on hills and highways he Commander is smashing records of speed, records of bill climbing, records of sales! 5000 Miles in Less than 5000 Minutes In a recent sensational test at Culver City, California, under the auspices of the American Automobile Association, Harry Hartz and three other noted pilots drove The Commander—a strictly stock, fully-equipped enclosed car—s,ooo miles in 4,909 minutes, total elapsed time, establishing ten new world records. This is better than mile-a-minute speed for 81 consecutive hours and 49 minutes—the fastest speed for the farthest distance ever attained by any stock car ! It is equivalent in stress and strain to 25,000 miles of ordinary driving. Yet in establishing this and nine intervening world records, the only mechanical repairs necessary on The Commander were three grease cups (damaged in hasty greasing), and one spark plug. The Commander Out-climbs all other Cars In another public contest, five automobile dealers in Batavia, N.Y., challenged Studebaker's repeated statement that The Commander will out-perform any car selling within a thousand dollars of its price. The scene of the contest was a long hill near Batavia with an average grade of 10 per cent. The three tests were : I—To climb the hill in the slowest possible time—without slipping the clutch. 2—fo climb the hill from a standing start in the fastest possible time. 3—To climb the hill, from a flying start, in the fastest possible time. The Commander won all three events easily! In the slow-time event, one of the most widely advertised sixes in America was unable to make the grade without shifting gears. In addition to this proof of Big Sis supremacy, The Commander carried a load of ten men, weighing 1653 pounds, up the hill in high gear. Then to cap the climax, The Commander carried 17 men, weighing 2794 pounds, to the top in high, the speedometer reading 35 miles at the start and 22 miles at the finish. STUDEBAKER REDUCED PRICES: £440 £525 NEW "STANDARD SIX" DUPLEX PHAETON NEW "STANDARD SIX" CUSTOM SEDAN NEW "BIG SIX" CUSTOM SEDAN " The Commander." XOlf NilW "BIG SIX" CUSTOM _ 0< _ BEDAN " The President." £Bl7 The NEW "ERSKINE SIX": NEW "ERSKINE SIX" CUSTOM TOURING NEW "ERSKINE SIX" CUSTOM SEDAN £376 £413 Used Cars taken In Part Payment. Easy Terms Arranged. We Cordially'lnvite you to see Studebaker's New Wonder Car "The Erskine Six " now on Exhibition. Climbs 10-Story Building In Washington, D.C., the Capitol Garage ijifL^rTi»ir»yrTTT^»^iiiiiiiiiiMiTrnrimTrMiVJ inviting all the automobile dealers to engage in an indoor hill-climb? n g contest •—a climb of twenty ramps, ten stories in height. The Commander wound its way easily up the steep ramps in high gear—and 6000 people cheered its victory over the field. After the contest, 102 drivers of different cars tried to equal The Commander's time-record—but every one failed! What these Records mean to You You probably will never need mile-a-rainute speed for 5000 miles—you may never want to enter a hill-climbing contest. But these remarkable records are proof of what has been demonstrated time and again on Studebaker's 800-acre Proving Ground—that the Commander in every phase of every-day driving will out-perform and out-live any other car, six ox eight, selling for less than £IOOO. Drive The Commander Yourself The best evidence for you of the thrilling performance of The Commander is what the car will do in your own hands. Get behind the wheel of a Commander as our guest. Learn for yourself why the Studebaker Big Six now far out-sells the combined totals of all other cars in the world of equal or greater rated horse-power. The Commander's ease of handling, comfort and custom beauty, are a revelation in motor car luxury. Take command of The Commander to-day ! And now— proof of economical petrol consumption—tested at Christchurch, The COMMANDER gave 19 miles to the Imperial gallon of petrol. New Zealand Agents for STUDEBAKER and ERSKINE Cars ADAMS SHOWROOMS: 152-154 HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH And at AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, WANGANUI, PALMERSTON NORTH and TIMARU.

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