SPEED AND POWER

NZ Truth, Issue 1202, 13 December 1928, Page 23

SPEED AND POWER

Studebaker Straight 8 Sports Appears Motorists who admire a good car for its own sake, whether tjiey are able to purchase it or not, should feast their critical eyes onYthe beautiful new Studebaker straight eight sports single seater.

IT incorporates the new Studebaker radiator, which is. of outstanding symmetry and beauty of finish. Every line of the body has been carefully; studied with a view to its blendIng -into one harmonious whole, and the result is one of the moat perfectlydesigned machines America has given US. ' Mere beauty of outline would not, of course, alone suffice. Pcr 1 - ' form a nee on the. road Is of even greater Importance. .Here again the new straight eight is eminent. It steers as lightly as a small car, yet has a feeling of solidity which Should give even a nervous driver confidence. The reaponse to 'the throttle m any gear, even from a walking pace m top,' is Instant and tremendously powerful. Hills like the climb at Paekakariki appear like flat country to this powerful car, and once m its stride round the .turn it does not so much climb as "zoom" upwards like a 'plane.

Despite the great power of its eightlunged engine, the car does everything quietly, like the -thoroughbred she is. Accelerating, running down hill against the engine, climbing m. the intermediate, gear, traversing rough .roads, all are done with a delightful unobtr.usiveness which, is characteristic o£ the breed of "Stude." Equally good is the braking. Internal expanding, they are dirt-proof, and able to exert great stopping force with a smoothness that makes for absolute j safety under all conditions. One feature of the car is Its high speed at low engine revolutions. At 30 miles an hour the engine is turning over, at little more than 1000 revolutions avminute, and this is one of the most important factors m perfect motoring. ; A noisy, fussy engine, that Is turning over faster than it should do, is a. thing to be avoided at all costs, unless very moderate . speeds only . are wanted. ;