MOTORING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1714, 19 May 1917, Page 3

MOTORING.

There seeines to he considerable controversy among motor ear manufacturers regarding the best type of engine. The buyer is confronted witli a conglomeration of long-stroke, high-speed, multicylinder, and other terms used to convince him thal one engine is superior to another. In the discussion of types, (lie ultimate purpose of any engine is aften lost sight of —that is, utility and efficiency in everyday service.

The (Maxwell engine is “up to the minute” in design. It has the long stroke and small Imre, it has a maximum speed of 2,000 revolutions per minute —but we do not exploit these features. We believe the public is more interested in the performance, and the worth of the design can only be determined from a praelieal .standpoint. In ordinary driving, with a correctly designed engine, the gears of (lie transmission are seldom changed. The driver merely throttles “up or down,” the speed of (lie engine thereby regulating the speed of the car The Maxwell engine turns 500 to 2,000 revolutions per minute. The range of speeds represent car speeds from live to fifty miles per hour. But if the highest efficiency is to he secured, there must boa, certain “car speed” at which the engine is timed to give the best results, and that speed should he the car speed. You know full well that it is not practical to combine the features of a racing ear with those of a pleasure vehicle. The big, powerful racing car is useless in mud or sand, or even on the smallest up-grades. Whilst the practical car rims easily through such obstructions, yet it is not adapted to speed. Therefore we have studied carefully how Maxwell ears are used, and have found that ninety per cent, of all driving is done at a bout 25 miles an hour. This is I lie point where we must give (he greatest utility. And (lie Maxwell engine is produced with (his fact in mind. The engine is designed and built with consideration for Hie “utility point” —iwenty-live miles per hour, or in terms In apply to the engine. 1,0(21 revolutions per minute.

That is what is meant by the Maxwell "Flinty Point” engine. Of course, one needs high speed when one needs to race (he car, hut one is most interested in regular, steady driving 1 , and thitt is whal we have kept in mind in the production of (he Maxwell. This sensible construction, this “Utility Point,” explains why the Maxwell has established so many new records for practical endurance and economy, it explains why (he Maxwell will average 28 to 30 miles per gallon of Petrol —why it: has broken tlic “world's endurance record” by 10,000 miles.

The Maxwell engine is simple, practical, and serviceable to the utmost. We .'-(*11 it on its service merits, iliminating (In* mysterious an.d superfluous terms used hy so many manufacturers as selling arguments. You will appreciate this remarkable “Plility Point” engine' when you drive a Maxwell. It is the main reason for amazing Mexwell performance. MAXWKLL POWKR. Power must he reckoned in reference to the .weight involved, This is the great underlying truth that is often overlooked in careless statements about horse-power. Maxwell cars have higher horsepower per pound of weight than any ear built. This has been proved within (he last six months by four competitive tests made in two of the leading seientilie schools of the world. The point to he remembered is this: Maxwell ears will lake you anywhere that any ear will take you, and they’ll fake you as fast as you’ll care, to (ravel. The sole district agency for (lie “Maxwell" Car is held hy W. Porter, Shannon. 1 ’ "