Page 13 Advertisements Column 2

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19160, 17 November 1927, Page 13

Drive the car that established 10 world records^ 5000 miles in less than Sooo minutes! immßJ i A STUDEBAKER BIGiSIX . DUPIEX PHAETON Only by owning a Commander can you avoid taking Commandendwtonhillsana{highways HThe Commander is smashing records of speed, records of hill climbing, records of sales! 5000 Miles in Less than 5000 Minutes In a recent sensational test at Culver the American Automobile Association, minutes, total elapsed time, establishing ten new world records. 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. wsMnmmwmmmxm the most widely advertised sizes in Climbs 10-Story Building In Washington, D.C., the Capitol Garage dedicated its new £200,000 building by without shifting gears. imUWI Uli.llJftß.l-l.Bti 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. 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 Commander Studebaker "Big Six" DUPLEX PHAETON Reduced from j£6o6 to -£550 Used Cars taken in Part Payment. Easy Terms Arranged. We Cordially Invite you to see Studebaker's New Wonder Car "The Erskine Sis " now on Exhibition. gear—and 5000 people cheeredits victory drivers of different cars tried to equal one failed! What these Records mean to You You probably will never need mile-a-minute 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 or eight, selling for less than £IOOO. Drive The Commander Yourself The best evidence for yon 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 1 £? d of economical petrol consumption—tested at Christchurch, The COMMANDER gave 19 miles to the Imperial gallon of petrol. New Zealand Agents tor At A m m<mm. mm STUDEBAKER and AWm Jk Bfl S H f P¥l ERSKINE Cars &S*M£&%>&m*!9 JL* Jt JLr ft An* at AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, WANSANUI, PALMERBTON NORTH and TIMARU. SHOWROOMS: 152-154 HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH

No motor-coach at present on the British roads weighs more than about seven tons.