Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Aug 1929, p. 35

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= -~ I ~ Augu st 2. 1929 WILMETTE' LIFE 35 s 1- y Difference Between Am erican, Brt"ft.sh cars Seen t"n Test e s c e ;, o · e t "stunting," so as to giYe a correct in- Six Cvlinder Cars WiH . I wit h app roximately 1,265,000 fo urs, an clcx of the car\ capabilities. Comi)ctiLead All in Production indica.tion of what t he tota l for the turs could n t tunc their cars for freak , . . . . 1 ,·cat; 1:; apt to be. , performance on the bill-climb without For the first tunc 111 the ' hbt ry Ol . Ho\\' the change comes about is illus .. lo. ing their chance in the economy run, 1 · · I The r!Jaractcristic diltercnce bl.'t\\'ccn nor could thn· set their carhnrc- t 1e antOI_ u,obtle Industry, six cylinder 1 trated in the survey. Chevrolet' s cars prom1sc to lead the fie ld 111 pro. . . llriti..;h and :\mcricall motor cars w.1s tm~ nT,. kan ior 1nileag-l' "ithnut llh- durtillll thi~ n :ar: accordin~ to a sur- 111anutacturmg goa l for the year IS -,trikin~'h' dt'I11011Stfated in nri~hane. lllg lllll llll the climb. i \ '·l'\' h\· the Cherrolet ).fot~r compam· ! 1,350,000 cars. Chcvrnlct's change-over l lut:l·n:-.land. in a Jlc\\· kind ui COllll>cl i1 1· 1 l' '1 1 · 1 1 111 P 1 iiclJl. romhinin~· tc~b ni hill ·· rlim.hin,g t:ll ~tee. t n~ \\TC .;:, P untt t 11s 1 iwm a four to a six means a de duction ..\1 r. a1HI ~I r.-. .1 . C. Drake, 71X ~Tar lour . C\· hndc~· cars ranked f1r:--t of this enormous tutal irom the four ahilit r a11d ui iucl <.:conom,· in llllC con- l·.knnth ~trcet r~tumcd irum th ·· Fast 111 annual productiOn Yolumc. 1 . fi tel l el- 1 ·t t th · tinuous run. 'Jiht: C\'Cnt ~ras helcl un· '. . .... · · ' . . . cv 1 me.1cr e anc. a us 1 o e SIX .1 ) . .. 1 I \;t-,t ~atunby attcr a t\\<1 week~ mntnr I ( tllllparatl\'l' producttt)ll figures lt)r . . c. ll . 1 1 dn t Ilt' () ll'l(l contrn 1 ol t 1 ll' 1 'd)\' ;l .· l \ I . 'l'l . . l t l11..' r·n:-.t :-;1x . nwnt 11s f nr t I11:' . . year are C\ II Ill tot ll' :·t antic l..'ll:t~t. . lt'\' \'ISJtec · 111(1cr IIC (. . . :\t.l ~lllllUhi~l'. club Pi Ot.ll'l'l.lslancl. I rt·latin·:-; ill .\Lt~:-.arhu:-clb a;Hl x.c\\· ~ltferc~! in ~~lpport oi the furccast. Du,·- ' Ilow the aut umo~tk: p~cture ha s llll' Bnt1:-h cars, Inuit lor u~e ,,· her~· ln:-t·\·. :tnd rl'tu.rncd hlllllC, CO\'enng 111.1. !' th1~ penod there ,,·ere produced ap- ch.angc<l a lmost O\'ermght wtll be noted .~a:-ulinc is co~tly and \rhen: hi~h ta~.i\ - ·1 \ vr .!.11!10 111ilt.·-,. · proximatcl· 1,000,000 sixes as compared in an inspection of the 192S showin;£. tiPn rate ~ arr h:-tsed 011 en .~ine di:--- - - - - - - - - · I I I · · ;, s l'laL'l'llll'llt, naltiralh· kd in thL· t'l'011tllll \ 1(' =' t. The :\mnir.t11 rar~. iluilt Ill llH:et th · 1 n; 11 iuna I d c 111 a 11( I it n· :-. p 1.. c d and a r r v 1- 1 nation ahi lit,· in a country where ga:'o.1 line is rhea p, \\'CH' ~uprcmt' on t lw -~ hill-clindJ, the ten hc~t rccnrds bcin.:. :mad c ll\· cars l\ i ~ix d i ff't:ren t ma kc:-. !rom the l'nitcd , tate~. 'Fhc hc~t time oi the da,· was !J,· a six-c\'lindcr four-speed Crahaml'aig('. driven b~· J ark ~ ~ oran. who covtred the \\·inding ascent of ).lount ClJn t-tha. 1 1-5 mill'~. in 1 minute -l5 ,?. ,; ~crond~. nine serond:-; ia~ter than the !ll·:d hcst t inlt.'. mack h,· an l'i .~ht -n· lindcr r:-tr. In the l!,'a:-olinc test. the hl':--t mik .: a.l!l' r ·cord \\as made h., . a Brit i:-;h .\u:-.tin . Final standing \\·as determined ];,. a s t' l) r i 11 g s y ~ tc :n () 11 the h a" i s (l i 1or l p1oints f<1r cconntl1" and 50 for the 11 i11-clim h.. and the e nt rics \n:re di ,·ided in t\\'o cla:--scs by chassi:-; pricc- tlH,:--l' en. t i ng more or less than 250 pound s sterling. Tn the final standi1\g. a Rugln· wun in the lo\\'er class. In the higher class, an A h·is was first . and ~\{oran's Grall am- Pa igc secono. 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