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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1824, 9 August 1913, Page 4

A THOROUGHBRED OF. MOTORDOM JUST ARRIVED AT CHRISTCfIURCH. At this season of tlio year the young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of gec-gces, and sporting similes coine readily to the pen when one oomes to describe the latest, daintiest, and most luxurious of motor-cars of the Minerva breed to arrive in this city. The Minerva is noted, not particularly becauso it is equipped with a Silent Knight engine, the apotheosis of tho motor engineer's art, or because the Antwerp firm turns out tho best Silent Knight engines in., tho world, but rather because the name "Minerva' 'on a car denotes tlio limit of attainable perfection in materials, niochanism, finish, nnd design. The three-seater cream-coloured 11.25 h.p. Minerva which is at present awaiting a purchaser in the garage of Adams, Ltd., makes a distinct appeal both_ to the aesthetic and engineering faculties of tho experienced motorist. At a time wh?n ,tho city is crowded with American, cars, built primarily for cheapness, a car such os this latest'of the Mmervas conres refreshingly to tho eye. In every detail it evidences tho eye of the artist and the brain of the master mechanician. The section . wind-screen, tho electric lighting installation, th-j low. luxurious seats, the' beauty of tho upholstery, tho fine flowing I'nes of the body—trim os n yacht from stem to stern, without comers, gables or projec-tions-mil these nro but a lithe of the refinements nml excellences of this thoroughbred among modern cars. And the price? The price is fixed on an honest basis. Tho London price of the chassis is J-'ilO. of iho body and extras ,£'S7 Is., and of tlio C.A.V. lighting set .£lO 12s. Bd. To these charges are added the cost of importation only. Tho car is one to be proud of, and Adams, Limited, invite correspondence from anyono who is intercMod in motor.*, to whom photos and oarttcukrs will l>o uostcd.—idvi-