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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2675, 22 January 1916, Page 4

AN ENGINEER'S DIGRESSION OP • THE 1916 STUDEBAKER, Mr Allan H. M'Lean, chief engineer ani a director of the Tourist Motor CompanyHawke's Bay, agents for some years for Silent Knight Minerva, and Studcbaker motors, recently went to America with the intention of securing the agency of ono of the real top-notch American cars, whatever the price. He gives his impressions and the result of his investieations in a letter to us, from which the following is an extract:- I have examined practically all tho leading American cars, my intention being to Secure tho agency for a high-priced autoSne. But after seeing the new Studebaker motors being manufactured,, riding in one of them, and thoroughly investigating them, I consider it a waste.of time to look.for something better which cannot bo found. . . • • The new Studebaker engine is the cleanest motor manufactured in America Its power is a revelation, and the material is second ?. _ one For ' quietness it is equal to the Silent Knight Minerva. All the imMovements, without exception, which were considered necessary from our previous experience, have been incorporated in this new Studebakcr, and I could not find' a single detail that I could 6ugeest as an improvement. . . The starter and lighting equipment is, in my estimation, the simplest and most reliable made. . . . The bodywork this year is excellent, ana the cabrotolet j nl ,a 'limousine arc, magnificent pieces of work, equal in finish and appearance to niiv of the Minerva cars that we have imported." We need only add that the. prico of the 1916 Studebaker 4-cylinder touring car is .41315, and of the 4-cylinder R-scater roadster, -£'335. Adams, Ltd., N.Z. Importers of Studebaker Motors, Ohristcluirch, Palmerston North, and Wangipiui. Agents: Tourist Motor Co., Hastings; J. Tombs and Co., Hamilton; Auckland Motor Co., Auckland; Newton King, Stratford and New Plymouth. We are open to appoint agents for Welling- *«• and Wairaraoa districts.—Advt.