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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1830, 16 August 1913, Page 4

A THOROUGHBRED OF MOTORDOM JUST ARRIVED AT CHRISTCHURCH. At this season of the year tho young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of gee-gOes, and sporting similes como readily to tho pen when ono ooraes to describo the latest, daintiest, and most luxurious of motor-cars of the Minerva breed to arrive in this city. Tho Minerva is noted, not particularly because it is equipped with a Silent Knight engine, tho apotheosis of tho motor engineer's art, or because tho celebrated Antwerp firm turns out tho best Silont Knight engines in tho world, but rather because the name "Minerva' 'on a oar denotes the limit of attainable perfection in materials, mechanism, finish, and design. Tho three-seater cream-coloured 14.25 h.p. Minerva which is at present awaiting a purchaser in the garage of Adams, Ltd., makes a distinct apjx;al both to tho aesthetic and engineering faoultios of tho experienced motorist. At a time when tho city is crowded with American cars, built primarily for cheapness, a oar such as this latest of tho Minorvos comw refreshingly to tho eye. In every detail it evidences tho eye of tho artist and tho brain of tho master mechanician. Tho section wind-screen, tho electric lighting installation, thi low. luxurious seats, tho beauty of tho upholstery, tho lino flowing I'nos of tho body—trim as a yacht from 6tein to stern, without corners, gables or projec-tions-Tall tlieso aro but a titho of tho refinements and excellonces of this thoroughbred among modern cars. And tho price? The prico is fixed on an honest basis. Tho London prico of tho chassis is ,£340, of the body and extras ,£B7 Is., and of tho C.A.V. lighting set iW 12s. Bd. To these charges aro added tho cost of importation only. Tho car is ono to bo proud of, and Adams, Limitod, invito correspondence from anyone who is intwostcd In motors, to whom photos and . IjflrtiQttlarq will bo seated.—Aavt.