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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2677, 25 January 1916, Page 4

AN ENGINEER'S IMPRESSION OF THE 1916 STUDEBAKER. Mr. Allan H. M'Lean, chief engineer and a director of the Tourist Motor Company, Hawke's Bay, a'ents for some years past for Silent Knight Minerva and Studebaker motors, recently went to America with the intention of securing the agency of one of the real top-notch American cars, whatever the price. He gives his impressions and the result of his in\ estimations in a letter to us, from which the following is an extract:- I have examined practically _ all the leading American cars, my intention being to secure the agency for a high-priced automobile. But after seeing the new Stndebaker motors being manufactured, riding in one of them, and thorwighly investigating them, I. consider it a waste of time to look for something better which cannot be found. . . ■ • The new Studebaker engine is the cleanest motor manufactured in America. Its power ia a revelation, and the material is second to* none For quietness it is equal to the Silent Knight Minerva. All the improvements, without exception, which were considered necessary from our previous experience, have been incorporated in this new Studebaker, and I could not find a single detail that I could sugscst as an improvement. . . . The starter and lighting equipment is, in my estimation, the simplest and most reliable made. . . ■ The bodywork this year is excellent, and the cabrotolet and limousine are magnificent pieces of work, equal in finish and appearance t« any of the Minerva cars that.we hav« imported." Wo need only add that tho price of the lfllG Studebaker 4-cylinder touring car is i' 345, and of the l-ojlinder 3-seatev roadster, ,£335. Adams, Ltd., N.Z. Importers of Studebaker Motors, Chrisfrhurch, Palmerston North, and Wanganui. Agents': Tourist Motor Co., Hastings; J. Tombs and Co., Hamilton! Auckland Motor Co., Auckland; Newton King, Stratford and. New Plymouth. We ar.o open to appoint agents for Welling' ton and Wairarapa districts.—Advt.