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Obviously, in the Bennett view, that Minister's morale had been grievously sapped. The 25 cars to be sold are Pierce-Arrows, Packards, Cadillacs. The car for which Mr. Bennett personally paid and in which he rides is a Pierce-Arrow...
...Capt. Malcolm Campbell, arrived in the U. S. last week. Capt. Campbell had already driven Bluebird 214.7 m. p. h. He wanted to try at Daytona to break the world's record of 231.362 m. p. h. made there by the late Sir Henry Segrave in his Golden Arrow. Capt. Campbell was having a little trouble with the town of Daytona and the American Automobile Association about expenses for electric timing devices and payment of officials at the trials, not because he could not afford to put up the money himself but because he felt it unfair...
...spent $100,000 on alterations in Bluebird. It has the same long chassis he drove at Daytona three years ago (TIME, Feb. 27, 1928) but its new 12-cylinder Napier aeroplane engine has been equipped with superchargers that up its horsepower from 920 to 1,450. The Golden Arrow had only 900 h. p. Blue bird's chassis clears the ground by five inches and the wind resistance has been reduced by changes in streamlining. Fins like a plane's elevators will hold down the rear wheels. It needs three miles to work up to full speed...
...Pierce Arrow has redesigned its bodies, introduced "free wheeling" in all its models, improved the 132-h. p. motor in its Salon and "Group A" lines by a new nine-bearing crankshaft, improved carburetion by adding a combination "suction silencer and cold-air intake with seasonal adjustment," discarded rod brake-controls for cable controls. Price not announced. Reo introduced two new eights-"Flying Cloud" and "Reo Royale"-as well as the old "Flying Cloud" six. Bodies are French-designed, with a slanting windshield. Prices on "Flying Clouds": $1,595 up. Price of "Reo Royale...
...makers say 16 cylinders afford more power per pound than any other engine, make running smoother, more flexible. Cadillac has sold 2,010 of its big cars in nine months at a minimum of $5,350 each. Minerva keeps the old hand-horn for those who prefer it. Fierce-Arrow and Cord seem to favor broadcloth for interiors. Many cars have wide, single-bar bumpers. . . . Radiator shields are prominent. . . . Hubcaps are larger. . . . Black predominates for formal cars. . . . Many cars have radios. Le Baron's radio controls are placed in the vanity-box so they may be operated from...