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Show STAR J1UTD DRIVEflS mm races European Company Will Invade America arid Try for the Vanderbilt Cup. The latest automobile news from Europe Eu-rope is roportod by Jesse Froehlich, who has just returned on tho stoumship Goorgo Washington, and says that after a consultation with tho directors of tho Benz Anto company, Mannheim, Germany, and tho foremost automobile drivers who will composo tho Bonz team, consisting of Barney Oldficld, Goorgo Robertson. Hoinery, Hanriot, Bruce-Brown and Ed. Hoarno, it is decided de-cided that tho cars entered in tlio Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Fairmount park raco, tho Vanderbilt Van-derbilt cup and Brighton Beach rnuos will be absolutely stock cars and will be of the row 1911 4o-horsepowcr stock chassis. Tho piston displacement will only be 449 cilbic inches. This will not permit this model Bonz to ontor the lurge class of 451 to 600 cubic inches, but it is hoped that this stock car will bo able to defeat not only tho cars in tho class of 301 to 450 inches, but also to win tho Vanderbilt cup race, which permits a car in any class to win tho Vanderbilt cup The performance of these stock cars will civo the public an opportunity to see the difference between tho latest production- of tho bes'b European factory fac-tory and tho newest American produc- tion in gasoline motor vehicles. Mr. Froehlich spout considerable timo at tho various noted body builders in Europe, such as Kciner, Rothschild, etc., investigating the question of the fore-door fore-door for touring as weir as limousine bodies, and ho found that, while this class of body was used more than, threo years ago, it. is being discarded by all the fine coach .builders, for reason that to construct a body that will not rattle and withstand the tremondous contraction contrac-tion and expansion that a body must undergo in tho American climate requires re-quires an excess weight of about 400 pounds, which means much in tho-cost of maintenance and absorption of horsepower and making it almost impossible im-possible to koop tho body noisolcBS and trim. |