STUDEBAKER CARS

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 263, 9 December 1930, Page 2

STUDEBAKER CARS

INTEREST ING NEW DEVELOFMENT. • Studebaker is introducing in a few days whai -is said to be the greatest advance. in automotive engineering in 19 years. Aecprding to ihe manufacturer, tliis new developiuen t inyolves a basic engiueering pnnciple whiclt ■ ill be ncw not only to tbe Sudebakcr President and Commander EigbtS, but to Americun motordom as well. Tbe new development. it is saicl, •offers motorists an entirelv new ancl pleasuvable driving sensatiou and -eft'ects "an appieciable saving in operatmg costs. It is said that- . greatest operating economies are. elfected under conclitions such as in traffic and' ovc-r mou ntainous terrain in which the conventional car makes its greatest conlands on fuel and oil, Besides this major developnient, tbe new series Studebaker President and Commander Eiglits will be equipped with additional cngineormg advances which introduce new standards (d smootbness ancl quicfc operation in Amevican motoring as well as new details of body design which x-eflect th© last word iu coml'oi't, convenience and smart appearance. ' Reports tliat a number of manufacturers are bringiug out new eiglit cvlinder cars emphasise Studebake-yV foresiglit in pioneering popular priecd eiglits tliree years ago, according-1o Paul G. Hoffman, viee president of tbe Studebaker Corporation. Studebaker' s claim tliat its new eiglits are seasoued eiglits is liased on the success of over 100,000 eiglits in owneys' liands aud tlie cbampiousbip performance cf Studebaker eiglits .attested by five world records, 18 international -records and rnore Ameriean stock ear records than all otlier makes oi cars conffiinecL*