5ATl"ROAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, I909,
THEAUTOCAR .a 3ournal publtsbeb in tbe interests of tbe mecbantcalll? propelleb roab carriage.
EDITED BY H. WALTER STANEq,
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CONTENTS. NOTES USEFUL HINT: AND TIPS
" The Auto car l eague " F ROM SPAIS TO I TALY BY M OTOR CAR ( [LLUSTRAT:~o ) . • THF N EW CO:'ltPOSJTE FUEL, ,, RAPIOJN . • • .
SMALL CAR TALK .•
A NEW CAR L! GHT!NG DYl'-AMO
A FREKCH V1Ew OF OLYMPIA • •
MOTOR UNION NOTE5' , , THE TORBI•NIA TRANSMtss:ox • • ON THE R OAD
SMALL C AR:::, AT OLYMPIA
ON THE TRACK • . THE MAJORITY OF THE PNEUMATIC Tv1u : • ,
CORRESPONDE:-.'CE A N EW TYPE 01- ENGi NE THE REtD•REIKJF SrRi:-.c \VnEEL (ILLUSTRATED)
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Notes. A Successful Show. There is no doubt that the sho11· at Olympia II hich closed last Saturday is the most successful exhi bition which has ever been held in this country . La t week we made it clear that so fa r a the all-round merit of the exhibits was concerned, it was unque. tionably the best which has ever been held, and we are 11011· in a position to say that both in point of vie1Y of attendance, of public interest and of sales, the exhibition has also beaten al I pre1·ious records. Exhibitors whose show experience dates back many years_ were ast_ounded at the keenness and intell igence of the visitors to this year's exhibition, and one of the most noticeable features was the practica 1 in te rest
1r hich motor i. ts took in the suitability of the car 1Jouies fo r their requirements. They were not merely contented 1Yi th comfort or with elegance of finish, but, thanks to 'l.'he A11tocar, they had also · become critics of contour and a ll-round e legance of outline.
Thi is all as it should be, and we are delighted to record it, because nothing tends more to advancement in design and manufacture than for the makers to find th eir efforts appreciated, and that in the most practical manner possible. Those exhibitors who a year ago talked seriously of making the exhibition biennial or of alternating it with the Paris exhibition must ha1·e rejoiced that a wise majority would consent to neither course being taken. So far as our own com·enience is concerned, it would be better served by a biennial exhibition, but we are convinced that nr. th ing could be worse for the best interests of the n101·ement or the industry which it supports. Last, but not least, the ventilation of the building was far better than in preYious years, and it is we ll it was so, as the larger number of people who attended the show would ha,·e made it almost unbearable had the old conditions prerniled. As it was, it was Yery close and stuffy at times, but at the most crowded hours it ,ms neYer a., barl as in fo rm r years. The management as a whole was good, and we must congrat ulate the manager and the managing committee on the ,ray in 1rhich the exhibition ,ms conducted.
Silence. ::\Iany visitors to the show at Olympia were struck 11·ith the near approach to ilence of ome of the cars running on the roads outside ... the _ e~l?ibition. Some of these cars they had tried, others they had merely heard; but, however this might be, they were none the less impressed. The silence of a car at sh01r time i. much like how finish. In some cases it i., me- rely an example of the normal running of the a1·,• rage engine turned out by the maker. In others it is not a fair specimen of the running of his average output, a: his ordinary engine may be quite a coarse working motor. It is easy enough to make an engine run quieth·, and it i. not very hard to build it and adjust it so that it will pull exceedingly 1Yell, but it is difficult to achie1·e the happy combination of quiet runn ing with adequate power and li1·eliness . vVe mention th·is matter in no hypercritical spirit, but with the id ea. of safeguarding motorists against disappointment, as there is not only this matter of special tuning for rl emonstration purposes, but there is also the very ,·ita l one of this quality of silence being lasting or merely transitory unless constant engine tuning be undertaken.
Gi,·en two cars of equal power and equally satisfacto ry running both from the point of view of silence ,rnd liveliness, the better car is admittedly the one 11·hirh 1Yill maintain its beautifully smooth, quiet, and powerful 1rnrking for the longer period without requiring adjustments or other skilled attention . We ch,·ell uoon these tw0 aspects of the question becattse then• is- no rl ouht ,i·hatever that some comparatively rnughlv rnnqrnrtecl ra rs run as well and behave almost
