SHORT CIRCUITS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 392, 29 November 1932, Page 2

SHORT CIRCUITS

More and more orders are being received for British cars for export (says an English paper), * * * " Leave yourself ample room in which to pull up, judging the gap aecording to the speed. * * & Headlamps tilting skywards reduce ! the light available, and tend to increase the dazzle effe.ct on approaching drivers. * * * British motor production in 1931 w'as 158,997 private cars and taxi oahs and 67,319 commercial vehicles and public service vehicles — a total of 226,307. * * * * Leaders of the motor industry in Dublin are of the opinion. that they are now facing the most critical period in the history of the industry. * * 4. * The Duke of GJoucester recently paid a visit to the Standard works at Coventry (England), where ia luncheon Was held in his honour. After inspecting the works he opened the new staff pavilion, and later took delivery of a 1933 model Standard "Sixteen" saloon. :j: % ^ Dealing with taxation, fines, etc., an American writer states that it takes more courage to run a car in England than it does to be a pedesr trian in the United States. * * * * Does one "ride" or "drive" in ia car ? The question is asked in a letter to the Morning Post, the writer, a woman, contending that one would not say driving on ihorsehack. We should say (adds the Motor) that the driver "dritves" anjd tfie passenger "rides." * * * A novel petrol-filling station has lately been opened in Cincinnati, United States, it being made to represent an aeroplane. The cockpit of the? machine forms the office of the station, while the monoplane wings act as a shelter to the six petrol pumps, two of which are located under each wing tip and one at each side of the cockpit. * % Registration of motor cars in Great Britain for the first six months of this year emphasise the rapid growth of popularity of the many new light cars, ranging in power from 8 to 12 h'orse-power. Cars within this range represent 52 per cent. of all cars registered. Eight horse-power cars continue to be the most popular in the small car class, but cars ranging between 9 horse-power land 12 horse-power showed a marked percentage increase. It is expected that in the next 12 months cars of from 1C to 12 horse-power will represent a very large proportion of the new cars sold in Australia (says the Australasian) and that whereas large American cars have generally been favoured for use in country districts, the 12 horse-power British cars will make rapid headway in this field.