AS THEY WILL BE!

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 248, 10 January 1928, Page 6

AS THEY WILL BE!

“According to persistent rumour * and tendencies in motor engineering and designing, the automobile of the future will be equipped with machine gun turret and burglar alarm to prevent hold-up and robbery.’* Thus “Personalised Publicity,” which furnishes further and equally startling details about the car of the future (says an American paper). It will run without oil or petrol—eliminating all forms of lubrication and fuel. It will have planes fore and aft to permit parking on the rooftops. It will be equipped with pontoons, which will help negotiate mud holes. It will have a complete kitchenette in the back of the driver’s seat. It will have washed air, a humidifying system, and built-in vacuum cleaner. AND . . . It will be enabled to cut across country on a spare pair of caterpillar It will have an extra steering wheel in the tonneau expressly for the backseat driver. It will have an accelerator set at a minimum of 40 miles an hour to prevent its holding up traffic. It will have spiked tyres to permit it taking corners at 60 m.pdi. The business-man’s special will be equipped with telephone, telegraph ticker, typewriter, and “in conference” sign. ... , The hostess special will have a collapsible chaise lounge, a folding card table, permanent waver, and a wireless gossip condenser. AND . . . The co-ed special will have a combination ice machine and cellarette, a secret stable for the pony, and a compartment for the pearl-handled convincer and 100 rounds of ammunition. The clubman’s special will have a motion picture screen a»nd projector on the back to amuse those who prefer to walk, a built-in valet service, and powerful binoculars for use on windy corners. The politician’s special will have a small printing press for campaign cards and broadsides, a special volume of plausible excuses, alphabetically arranged, and a fan of electrically connected loud speakers on the roof.