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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1821, 6 August 1913, Page 6

'A TOURING CAR DE LUXE AT CHRISTCHURCII. Tho ideal touring car for tho New Zea-' land motorist 6hould bs licht, yet roomy ami powerful, artistic as to body design without being freakish, silcnt i in its running, comfortable in its equipment, and lacking none of the little details which add to tho happiness and convenienco of tho driver and passengers. Such a car is rare. The latest example of the Silent Knight Minerva to arrive in this city, however, fills tho bill to tho last particular. Its Charlesworth body is in perfect stream-lino form, tapering without joint or seam from radiator 'to extrenio rear. Finished in cream with luxuriant upholstering, the car is Imndsorao and distinctive in appearance. Thero is comfortable seating accommodation for five persons. Tho 18 h.p. Silent Knight eiigino has cylinders 1)0 x 130 mm., and developes 40 h.p. •It top speed, giving n speed of up to sixty miles per hour when required. The front wind-screen has side (laps and tho rrar seat is also protected by a windShield. The hood is designed to turn tho car into practically a limousine in cold or inclement weather, and like a limousine tho interior of tho closed car is illuminated bv electric light. A "C.A.V." electric lighting set of the latest pattern attends to nil the lamps. The car is one which will appeal especially to experienced motorists, who will be able to appreciate the practical value of tho hundrrd little details in which this car excels others. The Enalish price of the chases is JL'JM. of the Charlesuortli body and extras Kls., electric lighting .EH Is. Id. To there aro added merely the cost of importation, an honest method of prico assessment which will commcnd itself to everyone. Motorists aro invited to write for photographs of this maemficent touring car. Adams, Ltd., Agents for Minerva Cars. Garage, 'I'iinm Street. C'hristchurch, Palmornt'cu North, and Wanganui. nud Tourist Motor Co., Hastings.—Adtt,