The Six-Cylinder Car. TO THE EDITOR. 11th January, 1907.

Progress, Volume II, Issue 5, 1 March 1907, Page 176

The Six-Cylinder Car. TO THE EDITOR. 11th January, 1907.

Dear Sir, — The commencement of the year 1907 coincides with the fact that 103 manufacturers m different parts of the world have up to date commenced to copy the Napier principle of six-cyhnders, and I think it may interest you to receive a complete list up to date of all the firms who are, or have been, making six-cyhnders. I admit that some of them, who started a year ago, have dropped out again, owing no doubt to the difficulties they have found in the manufacture. It is curious to note that some large firms, who have been successful in making four-cylinder cars, have tried to

make six-cylinder cars, and have failed completely up to the present, so far as a successful motor vehicle has been concerned. The list of makers to-date is as follows • Ariel Lege Aquila Mercedes Belsize Minerva Berkshire Maudslay Brooke Mieusset l Bayard Martini Bradburn Mors Benz Napier Brown Napier (Italy) Britannia Napier (America) Berliet National (England) Beaufort National (America) Bolide Newmobile Brasier Olympia BoyeT Owen Clement Orleans Compound Oldsmobile Cottereau Panhard Cochrane Pierce Calthorpe Premier Climax Protos Civelh de Bosche Rolls-Royce C.V.R. Regent Doman Rossel Daimler Rocket-Schneider Darracq Standard De la Buire Simms De Dion Stevens-Duryea De Dietrich Singer Elswick Stevens Frayer-Miller Spyker Franklin Sunbeam Ford Straker Squire Fiat Speedwell Gladiator Star Gobron-Brillie Siddeley Gnome Scout Germain Stoddard-Dayton Humber S.P.A. Hotchkiss Thornycroft High Tension Co. Thomas Hurd & Haggm Thames Hurst & Middleton Twentietli-Century Horbick Vinot. Heron Vertex Hexe Vulcan Itala Vici Iris Wilson-Pilcher Kansas City White & Poppe Lamb Welch Leon Bollee West Lanchester Yukon Total 104. If there are any names of makers which I have omitted, I shall be very pleased to hear what they are, so that I may add them to the list. Yours truly, S. F. EDGE, [Advt.] 14 New Burlington St., London.