SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1909.
THE AUTOCAR !l Journal publtabeb in tbe interests of tbe mecbantcalll? propeUeb roab carriage.
EDITED BY H. WALTER STANEq,
No. 733. VoL. XXIII.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1909.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE.
OTES SUCCESS OF THE '• MOTOR TRACTION" DEFENCE ALLIANCE THE ARGYLL 19ro PROGRA~fME llLLUSTKATED)
The Autocars ol 1910 The Autocar League USEFUL HINTS AND T I PS A RUNNING DESCRIPTION OF A ~OTABLE CAR (ILLUSTRATED) . . ON THE ROAD THE NEW 40-50 H.P. S1x.cvLtNDER \VoLSElEY•S10DELEv (I LLUS
697 698 699-701 702-7r4 719-720
721
722-725 726-727
TRATED) GAULOIS TYRES (ILLUSTRATED) BODY OE5IGN AND CONSTRUCTION (ILLUSTRATED)-THE l\·IER·
CEDES UNDER THEIR OwN FLAG MOTOR U:-lJON NOTES THE FATE OF 1'HE GRAND PRIX AN .'\SSORTMENT OF A.CCE5S0RtES (ILLUSTRATED). THE NEW HUMBER CARS (ILLUSTRATED)
CORRESPONDENCE (ILLUSTRATED)
FLASHES ..
730 731 732 733 734-735
. . 736-739
740
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Notes. The Autocars of 1910. In this issue we publish our classified list of cars for next year. In a condensed form an immense amount of information is gi,·en, as the leading dimension and particular of practically e,·ery car on the market to-day will be found. In some cases theinformation respecting a certain make of car is not complete. In most instances this is due to the car being of foreign origin, so that the English house has not been able to obtain certain dimensions. as the new chassis has not yet arri,·erl in this country. On the otlLr hand, a good many firms at home seem unable to give the leading dimensions of their own cars, and as the time for compilation is nece,sarily limited, we ha,·e not been able in all cases to go to the works ourselves and obtain particulars. Last, but not lea t, a fe11· makers ha,·e be~n unable to furnish us with their prices for the simple reason that they have not finally decided upon them. Prices have been very much upset for next year, owing to the uncertainty with regard to tyre prices, on account of the manipulation of the rubber market. It was . tated definitely a few weeks ago that practically all makers ,rnuld quote chassis price without tyres, but thi action has not been universal. In cases where tyres are not included a footnote is appended.
An interesting feature of the new list is the number of cars which have engines of approximately 80 mm. bore and 120 mm. stroke. There is also a very large clas, of that long popular dimension 90 by 12~ mm., but, although we ha,·e made no careful count, ,re should be inclined to sa,· there have never been so many engines of 80 by '120 mm. in the list of any previous ,·ear. In the larger class there is also a persistency in repetition of the 4in. engine with 5in. stroke (otherwise 102 by 127 mm.), though a fe11· of these 4in. engines no1Y ha,·e strokes at or about 140 mm. The growth of mechanical lubrication is another very noticeable tendency, while the high-tension magneto reigns practically su:ore:11-e.
The Chancellor's Concession. On the next page ,re outline briefly the history of the mm·ement which has resulted in a concession to the users of commercial motor 1·ehicles and to medical motorists. Both classes of user have been entirely freed from the petrol tax till the encl of this year. It is true that doctors ha ,·e not got all they asked for 11·hen the British Medical Association and Medical Committee of the :-1. U. waited upon :.Ir. Lloyd George last July, but they have been granted a full rebate for the time being, and we have no doubt that the Chancellor of the Exchequer wil I place them, as he promis~d, on the same terms a the users of industrial motors in future. \1/hen one l<X >ks back i;pon the last fe11· months one cannot help being struck w;th the fact that the t,rn great representati,·e bodies---.he Royal Automobile Club and the Societ,· of Motor ManufactureTs and Traclers- ha,·e not up to now waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer. We do not infer that they ha,·e been idle-far from it-but any g<X >d 1rnrks they ha1·e clone ha,·e been clone secretly, and the case of the Society i most extraordinary. Practica I h· e,·en· other industn·. the interests of 11·hich have heen. threntened, have .through their representative societies 1r~d~cl upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer and placed th ir case before him, but the S.:M.:-1.T. has done nothing of the sort, though we understood many months ago that it was collecting evidence of a most ro,wincing kind to bring before the Chancellor of the Excberiuer. Xo doubt some good explanation can be offered for its apparent indifference, and also that of the R.A.C., but both proclaimed their intention of ,~nding deputations to the Chanc llor of the Exchequer, and it 11·oulcl be intere ting to know why neither of them has done so. \Vhate,·er may be said for or again t the Club carrying out its policy, there is no riuest.ion whatever that the manufacturers' society . houlrl ha,·e opposed the tax most strenuously.
