GERMAN SUCCESS
500 MERCEDES A WEEK In Germany's big - industrial revival a big part is being played by motorcars. Because of the system of taxation, small cars are the more popular, there; but apparently there are still many persons who can afford big motors. The Mercedes factory is now turning out 500 cars a week. The model under such high production is the twolitre six-cylinder supercharged car, which sells in Germany for about £6OO. It is stated to be such a tremendous success that orders for it are flowing in at the rute of 10,000 a month. A Germanised version of the Austin Seven is also now being built in Germany under the name of the Dixi.
A new type of chain for tyres is being advertised in various American journals, in which the cross-links which embrace the carcase of the tyre and pass across the tread are made of tough rubber instead of steel; they are secured at their ends to a pair of steel chains which run round the rim of the wheel at each side. It is claimed that these chains ensure safety on road-s made slippery by rain and mud as well as on snow, and that they are noiselas«
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270726.2.93.6
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 11
Word Count
204GERMAN SUCCESS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 106, 26 July 1927, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in